Sergei was first convicted in May 2022 for insulting an official and sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral.
In January 2024, he was again convicted under the article "Organization and preparation of actions grossly violating public order, or active participation in them" and also sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral. The circumstances and details of the case are unknown.
Trial outcome 11.05.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 19.01.2024
3 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 02.04.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Final verdict by partial addition:
3 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Dmitry was convicted in August 2022 of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for participating in peaceful protests that took place in Minsk in 2020. Dmitry was captured on video by a journalist at the protests in the first days after the elections.
In May 2023, it became known that Dmitry was detained in a correctional facility and tried under an administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials," and sentenced to administrative arrest, which he served in the Gomel temporary detention facility.
In July of that year, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony; the outcome of the hearing is unknown.
Yuri was initially sentenced to three years of house arrest, and then, in November 2021, to three years of restricted freedom with a placement in an open correctional facility. Both cases involved charges of insulting government officials.
In 2022, a third criminal case was opened against him under the articles "violence or threat of violence against a police officer," "insulting a government official," and "insulting a judge." In December of that year, Yuri was sentenced to five years of restricted freedom with a referral.
Trial outcome date unknown
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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