Victor Adamovich Kozachek
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 36 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 141 days of administrative arrest and at least 4,855 rubles in fines were imposed. In 2014, he tried Andrei Tenyuta, Natalya Krivoshey and Stanislav Bull for an action in memory of those killed in Ukraine. In 2017, he condemned human rights activists Anatoly Poplavny and Leonid Sudalenko for their legal support of the “March of Non-Tuniyadians” action. In 2019, he sentenced a man to a fine for reposting on Facebook. Tried Ilya Mironov, an activist from Gomel, for a T-shirt with the inscription “Write letters.” Ilya was awaiting trial while in pretrial detention. As a result, the courts issued a decision of 25 days of administrative arrest for an unauthorized picket with a T-shirt. Decided to destroy the national flag of Belarus (Bel-Chyrvona-Bely), seized from the arrested man.
Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 36 politically motivated decisions, for which at least 141 days of administrative arrest and at least 4,855 rubles in fines were imposed. In 2014, he tried Andrei Tenyuta, Natalya Krivoshey and Stanislav Bull for an action in memory of those killed in Ukraine. In 2017, he condemned human rights activists Anatoly Poplavny and Leonid Sudalenko for their legal support of the “March of Non-Tuniyadians” action. In 2019, he sentenced a man to a fine for reposting on Facebook. Tried Ilya Mironov, an activist from Gomel, for a T-shirt with the inscription “Write letters.” Ilya was awaiting trial while in pretrial detention. As a result, the courts issued a decision of 25 days of administrative arrest for an unauthorized picket with a T-shirt. Decided to destroy the national flag of Belarus (Bel-Chyrvona-Bely), seized from the arrested man.
List of repressed
- Associations
- Activists
- Parents of minors
- IT staff
Stanislav, an activist from Gomel, was detained on May 28, 2021, after security forces conducted a search in his apartment, where he lived with his parents. Prior to this, he had served three administrative arrests under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus for participating in protests.
Stanislav was convicted under two criminal articles for participating in a chain at the Solidarity March, which took place on September 20, 2020 in Gomel. He refused to sign a petition for pardon and defended his rights even in difficult prison conditions, despite health problems. He was left without care for his underage daughter and elderly parents, his father is disabled.
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
In December 2024, it became known that Stanislav was again detained in a new criminal case.
- Associations
- Civil servants
Dmitry, a Belorusneft employee from Gomel, along with other employees of the company, took part in recording an appeal against violence and for dialogue. At the end of October 2020, he also recorded a video message for TUT.BY to his colleagues and the management of Belorusneft, in which he condemned the repressions, called for not hushing up what was happening and openly expressing their civic position.
He was arrested on May 14, 2021, and later convicted of “organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.”
He was released in December 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Sergei was arrested on March 23, 2021, for standing up for his mother when OMON and GUBOPiK were violently detaining her in her own apartment. He was convicted of "threatening to use violence against an internal affairs officer."
In 2024, on the day of his release, he was rearrested, and in July of that year he was re-convicted under the article “malicious disobedience to the demands of the administration of a correctional institution” - an article under which prisoners are tried for refusing to cooperate with the administration and for fictitious violations.
- Associations
Alexey was detained in September 2020 for participating in the March of Justice in Gomel and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. He was later detained again as part of a criminal case and convicted of allegedly committing violence against criminal-executive inspector Pavel Shapovalov.
He was released in July 2023, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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- Associations
- Entrepreneurs
Georgy was arrested and sentenced to two years of imprisonment in an open-type correctional facility for replacing the national flag with a white-red-white one.
On February 15, 2022, he was again detained in a "chemistry" by KGB officers and charged with a new crime. According to the case materials, while in the correctional facility, Vasilenko posted offensive comments about Lukashenko in a group chat.
In June 2022, he was re-sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Taking into account the unserved sentence, the judge sentenced him to a total term of one year and seven months.
In July 2023, Georgy was released, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
