Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
Institution "Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1" of the Department of the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus for the city of Minsk and Minsk Region. Head. Colonel of the Internal Service.
He worked as an international transportation manager for the Minsk company Transglobal.
Sergey was very active in commenting on various messages in more than 30 groups. The Telegram account was more or less decently protected, but he had not changed it since 2018.
The security forces accuse him of "threatening government officials on the Internet" (he left 43 thousand comments). And also of transferring some information about his former classmate, a security officer, to the "Black Book of Belarus". 58 criminal cases have been opened against him.
On September 29, 2023, he was sent to pretrial detention center No. 4 (Mogilev). On October 27, Sergei's appeal was considered in the Minsk City Court. In late autumn 2023, it became known that Sergei had been transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1 as part of a new criminal case. The trial under Article 369 (insulting a government official) was scheduled for December 7, 2023, in the Minsk Moskovsky District Court, Judge Tatyana Pirozhnikova.
Trial outcome 10.08.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.10.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Trial outcome 08.12.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Elena has been convicted multiple times on politically motivated charges, including "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko" through comments on Telegram channels.
Her first trial took place in December 2022 for "insulting a government official," the outcome of which is unknown. In March 2023, she was sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility and a large fine for a comment with an emoji addressed to police captain Ruslan Kutsko.
In April 2024, a new criminal case was heard against Elena under the articles "insulting a government official" and "insulting Lukashenko," the verdict for which is also unknown.
In October 2024, she was convicted of "inciting hatred or discord" for comments about Lukashenko, security forces, and participants in the war in Ukraine, and sentenced to imprisonment.
Releasedin autumn 2025.
Trial outcome 21.12.2022
unknown.
Appeal 10.02.2023
unknown.
Trial outcome 10.03.2023
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 3700 rubles of compensation.
She was detained together with her husband after she returned from Poland to Belarus for participating in protest actions in 2020.
The spouses were convicted under an administrative article. But Varvara was never released after her administrative arrest — a criminal case was opened against her under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus and transferred to the pre-trial detention center («SIZO-1»).
Varvara and Pavel are a family of photographers from Minsk, they have been together for more than ten years, and their creative duo has existed for as long. They specialize in wedding photos.
During their career, they have received more than two dozen awards in various categories for their wedding photographs.
Trial outcome 28.03.2023:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Anastasia was detained in October 2022, first she was given 14 days of administrative arrest, and then for another 10 and 14 days, then a criminal case was opened for participating in protest actions in 2020.
Trial outcome 14.02.2023:
3 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Alexandra works as a manager at the logistics company Trans Solutions. The reason for the arrest was her photographs on Tinder, where she stands on the road with a white-red-white flag during one of the protest marches in 2020. The publication about the arrest appeared in one of the unofficial telegram channels of security forces. A “repentance” video was shot with the girl, where she confirms her participation in the protests. At first she was placed in a temporary detention facility, then a criminal case was opened against her.
On April 21, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 27.01.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Top manager of Atlant-M company. He was detained at the border with the Republic of Belarus (he went on a business trip and returned). Convicted for participating in the 2020 protests.
Trial outcome 22.12.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
He was severely beaten during his arrest in September 2022. At first, Denis was convicted under administrative article 19.1. and awarded a fine of 30 basic units. After this, a criminal case was immediately opened for participation in the 2020 protests. On December 22, 2022, he was sentenced to “domestic chemicals,” but political persecution and threats against Denis did not stop. He was not registered, and in April 2023 he was again detained for 30 days and served in a temporary detention center in the Minsk region. The prosecutor issued the sanction. After his release, he was forced to leave Belarus.
Denis has a daughter born in 2011.
Trial outcome 22.12.2022:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
Wrestling coach. He received a "presidential scholarship" as a promising coach, has the highest coaching category. The man worked at the Minsk State City School of the Olympic Reserve and the Minsk City Center of the Olympic Reserve for Wrestling. Bear.
Trial outcome 21.01.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
As it became known from the case file, the reason for the detention of the man on October 25, 2022 was a photograph with Pavel, provided by the GUBOPiK employees. During the search, the man was found wearing a bike in which he was on the march, and more photos were found on his phone, which became evidence of his guilt.
Trial outcome 23.12.2022:
2.5 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
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