According to the prosecution , on February 28, 2021, in the VKontakte public group “Polotsk, Novopolotsk...” Maxim posted a publication with a photo of the injured police officer Lyashko, his personal data, thereby “publicly insulting him as a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his official duties.”
According to human rights activists , he was released on May 11, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
According to the materials of the prosecution, Oleg Krichkovsky, being at his place of residence, on the evening of December 31, 2020, under the image of Alexander Lukashenko in vk.com during the presentation of the highest insignia of the special police unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs — a black beret — he left an offensive comment, which, according to the expert opinion, is a non-normative form of speech expression and carries a negative assessment of Lukashenko.
Krichkovsky refused the services of a lawyer, and explained to the court that on New Year's Eve he drank a glass and under the influence of emotions left an offensive comment, which he later completely forgot. Therefore, I was surprised when in May 2022 he was called to the police department, where he was familiarized with the contents of the message. At the same time, he was detained.
In the summer of 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
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1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to pro-government Telegram channels, he was detained for participating in protests in 2020 and for comments on social networks.
On 28.03.2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the summer of 2025, having served his entire sentence.
- Associations
- Military
- Parents of minors
Dmitry lived in Ukraine for a long time, and in 2019 he married a Ukrainian woman there. He did not serve in the Belarusian army, but in Ukraine he joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a supply officer. From March to October 2021, he worked as a guard at a military warehouse in the demarcation zone between the DPR/LPR and the territory controlled by Ukraine.
In the fall of 2021, having lost his Belarusian passport, Dmitry went to the embassy in Kyiv, where he was issued a temporary document and advised to go to Belarus for a new passport. However, immediately after crossing the border, he was detained. For two days in a row, the KGB interrogated him on suspicion of "terrorism" and "weapons transportation."
No facts were found, but Dmitry was transferred from the temporary detention facility to a pretrial detention center and a case of "mercenarism" was opened (Article 133 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). Later, the article was reclassified, and in March 2022, he was convicted of "participation in military actions on the territory of a foreign state without the authorization of Belarus." During his stay in the pretrial detention center, Dmitry's daughter was born.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the winter of 2024, having fully served his sentence.
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According to the prosecution, in September 2020, Kolpak publicly posted "negative comments addressed to police officers, civil servants, and government officials in a Telegram chat, inciting and calling for violence against members of the aforementioned social groups." He was also accused of repeatedly posting text articles in a Telegram chat in Minsk from August 8 to September 28, 2020, in which he called on drivers to create traffic jams, sabotage work, and protest, including by blocking traffic.
According to human rights activists , he will be released in the fall of 2025.
Convicted for knocking down an attacking representative of law enforcement agencies during a protest action.
Released after the end of his sentence in the fall of 2022.
2.5 years in prison.
- Associations
- Parents of minors
According to the case materials, in August and November 2020, the accused posted offensive comments to the President of the Republic of Belarus from his mobile phone in public Telegram channels and Telegram chats.
In October-November 2020, January-May 2021, he posted offensive comments against other officials and officials of the Republic of Belarus.
In addition, Alexander allegedly illegally manufactured, stored and transported an object whose damaging effect is based on the use of combustible substances.
At the end of July 2023, he was released upon expiration of his sentence.
2 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
- Associations
- Parents of minors
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was convicted for "slandering" Lukashenka.
According to human rights activists, he was released in June 2023 after the expiration of his sentence.
1,5 years of imprisonment.
- Associations
- Retirees
Detained for 2 comments on the social networks Odnoklassniki and on the Telegram channel Basta regarding the president. Pleaded guilty in court.
In the spring of 2024, he was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
On October 31, 2024, Alexander will be tried again - in the Vitebsk District Court. The man is currently accused of "distributing extremist materials " ( Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The case is being heard by Mikhail Zubenya .
Alexander's name has appeared again on the schedule of the Vitebsk District Court - on December 12, his case for "spreading extremism" will be heard by Tatyana Lobatskaya.
During the judicial investigation, it was established that the accused, being subscribed to extremist and destructive Telegram channels and chats, in October 2020, posted an offensive comment in one of them under the photo of A.G. Lukashenko.
From October 2020 to November 2021, he left offensive comments in a profane form to the employees of the internal affairs bodies and the judge, than publicly insulted the authorities, tried to undermine the prestige of managerial activities in the state.
A 37-year-old native of Baranovichi was detained on August 22, 2022 at the train station, when she once again arrived in Belarus from Andorra, according to pro-government channels.
In the video, Olga herself said that in August 2020 she considered that the elections were rigged. On Instagram, she subscribed to the "Nexta" page, from where she took screenshots and posted them on her page, made comments.
Released for 24,000 euros, charges dropped.
Detained for comments in social networks regarding Lukashenko A.
Wrote comments in 2021 while in Poland.
In May 2023, he was released after the expiration of his sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
She was found guilty of calling a special police telephone line from her partner’s phone on April 26, 2022 and “in an obscene form” expressing an insult towards Lukashenko. In the view of the prosecution, by doing this she publicly humiliated his authority, honor and dignity.
On December 20, 2022, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
