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Olga, an accountant at Nasha Niva, was detained on July 8, 2021, in connection with a case of “group actions grossly violating public order,” and her apartment was searched.
Released on July 16, 2021.
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In November 2020, Elena took part in a medical protest at the 1st City Clinical Hospital, after which she was fined for participating in an unauthorized mass event. In March 2021, the doctor who worked at the children's clinic was fired.
In July 2021, she was convicted under the article "Insulting a government official", sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction and ordered to pay compensation to police officer Grushevsky.
In December of the same year, Elena was convicted again under the same article - for a comment addressed to the district police inspector of the Central District of Gomel, Artem Zhevnyak. The court again imposed a restriction of freedom and ordered her to pay a large compensation.
Galina was convicted for a comment left about Dragichin police officer Yuri Chernyshkov on the social network Odnoklassniki.
According to the case materials, on March 5, 2021, Elena left an offensive comment under an article about Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Gennady Kazakevich using the Internet in the Telegram channel "Typical Belarus". She was sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction.
Natalia was accused of slandering the Prosecutor General of Belarus Andrei Shved and sentenced to restriction of freedom with referral. According to the investigation, on February 1, 2021, she wrote from her mobile phone in the public chat "Kuluary KYKY" under a post about increasing responsibility for extremism that "the Prosecutor General is a criminal", thereby disseminating false information. Shved estimated the moral damage at 10,000 rubles, the court reduced the amount of compensation by only 1,000 rubles.
Natalia left Belarus before she began serving her sentence.
In January 2025, as part of a special proceeding on Natalia's case, a court hearing in absentia was held to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Nadezhda was found guilty of the fact that from November 9 to 23, 2020, she intentionally and in an indecent manner posted a comment under a YouTube video in which the traffic police in Bobruisk seized a car without reason, with a negative assessment of government officials - police major Oleg Banduro, senior lieutenant Drozd and junior lieutenant Anisichkov - with the content "They are recruiting idiots", which harms their honor and dignity.
Tatyana was convicted for a comment left on August 14, 2020, on the social network Odnoklassniki under a photo of police officer Yuri Chernyshkov. According to the prosecution, she publicly insulted a government official in order to undermine the authority of state bodies. The examination considered her words a negative assessment. The court sentenced Tatyana to restricted freedom.
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In June 2021, Olga was found guilty under the article "violation of equality of citizens" for refusing to rent an apartment to the assistant prosecutor of the Frunzensky district of Minsk, Alina Kasyanchik. She was sentenced to restriction of freedom.
Tatyana was convicted for calling Vitaly Stasyukevich, deputy head of the public order protection department of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee Internal Affairs Directorate, a "hateful bastard" in the Grodno 97% Telegram channel. This statement was classified as an insult to a government official. Tatyana was sentenced to restriction of freedom without being sent to a correctional facility and was ordered to pay moral compensation to the "victim."
Svetlana was convicted in March 2021 under the article for "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order." According to the prosecution, she took an active part in unauthorized mass protests on August 16 and 23, as well as September 6, 2020. During the protests, she clapped her hands, went out onto the roadway and, as alleged, interfered with the movement of public transport on Nemiga, Volodarsky, Lenin Streets and Independence Avenue, thereby violating public order.
According to human rights activists, Svetlana was released in June 2023 after serving her full sentence.
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Elena, a teacher, was convicted in April 2021 under the article on slander and sentenced to restriction of freedom without direction and large financial compensation. The reason for the proceedings was a repost of information about police officers on a Telegram channel. After being detained in July 2022 in Ivanovo, where a wave of repression took place, her illness worsened and she was hospitalized. She later left Belarus.
In December 2024, as part of a special proceeding against Elena, a court hearing was held in absentia “On replacing the restriction of freedom without sending her to an open-type correctional facility.”
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Tamara was convicted for a comment posted on the social network Odnoklassniki in February 2021. During a dispute with another user, she wrote:
"And you are a louse on a comb if you like the schizoid speeches of a paranoid. Only a d... (a person with mental retardation - PV) like you can listen to this ravings of a gray mare."
The investigation found that the statement referred to Lukashenko, despite the fact that his name or position were not directly mentioned. The court hearing was held behind closed doors.
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Darya was convicted in April 2021 for a comment left about police lieutenant colonel Vadim Polyakov. In December of the same year, she was convicted again for a comment published on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus".
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Elena, an activist, was detained on March 1, 2021, as part of a criminal case opened under the article on insulting a judge. It is also known that in November of the same year, she was detained again, and her house was searched. At the same time, her sister Irina Gurchenok was also detained, who was subsequently convicted several times in a row under administrative articles, widely used in politically motivated cases, and was assigned large fines. It is known that women were subjected to particular pressure, including threats.