She sentenced a Brest resident to 3 years of “homemade chemicals” for two reposts. She handed down a sentence of 1 year and 6 months of “household chemicals” for “insulting” the former head of the GUBOPiK. She handed down sentences to the second and seventh groups of defendants in the “round dance case.” In 2020, it issued fines and days of arrest to Belarusians. Fines issued in the amount of 540 rubles, adm. arrest - 12 days.
She sentenced a Brest resident to 3 years of “homemade chemicals” for two reposts. She handed down a sentence of 1 year and 6 months of “household chemicals” for “insulting” the former head of the GUBOPiK. She handed down sentences to the second and seventh groups of defendants in the “round dance case.” In 2020, it issued fines and days of arrest to Belarusians. Fines issued in the amount of 540 rubles, adm. arrest - 12 days.
According to the prosecution , on May 17, 2022, Leonid Raichonok transferred $400 for body armor to Belarusian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine. He made a second donation in the amount of $150 to the benefit of the “Prague Support Team” (an association of Belarusians in Prague who collect donations and use them to buy uniforms, sometimes for weapons accessories, for Belarusian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine). The Brest resident’s actions were qualified as “financing citizens of the Republic of Belarus to participate on the territory of a foreign state in an armed formation of one of the warring parties, in armed conflicts, military operations.”
On December 12, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
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Alexander was detained in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Pinsk on the night of August 9-10, 2020 against falsifications in the presidential elections. He was convicted of participating in "mass riots."
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The man worked as an ambulance doctor in Baranovichi and was remanded in custody pending trial. He was initially accused of "rehabilitating Nazism" for a repost that compared leaflets from Nazi Germany and leaflets from modern Russia. But in the middle of the trial, the charge was changed to "inciting hatred" towards Russians and Russians.
On September 22, 2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
He wasscheduled to be released on July11,2025.
Trial outcome 13.07.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Andrei was charged with "insulting Lukashenko" and "desecrating state symbols." According to investigators, on January 22, 2021, he posted an image of Lukashenko in military uniform against a swastika on Odnoklassniki, along with a statement about the government's embrace of Nazi ideology and its undemocratic nature. His page also published an image of the Belarusian national flag within a swastika, freely viewable and copyable by users. This was classified as desecration of the flag.
Andrey was arrested on September 28, 2022, convicted in November 2022, and sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral. It is unknown whether he was held in pretrial detention or where he served his sentence.
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.
Trial outcome 29.09.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Sergei was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Natalia was convicted of "participating in group actions grossly violating public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Natalia managed to leave the country before the sentence came into force.
In January 2025, as part of a special proceeding in Natalia's case, a hearing was held in absentia to consider replacing her restriction of freedom with a prison sentence in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.
Trial outcome 04.08.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Konstantin was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Andrey was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
Vladimir was convicted of "participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
He was released in May 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
Trial outcome 04.08.2021
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Yulia was first convicted, along with her husband, of "participating in group actions grossly violating public order" in a criminal case opened following a protest that took place on September 13, 2020, in Brest. During the protest, people were singing and dancing in circles, but a water cannon was used against them. The court sentenced Yulia to a restricted freedom order in the form of "house arrest."
Several months later, on October 13, 2021, her home was searched, after which she was detained in connection with a new criminal case and placed in pretrial detention. She was convicted a second time in July 2022 on six criminal charges, accused of providing information about officials involved in the criminal prosecution of her family. The court sentenced Yulia to imprisonment and a fine. On appeal, the court reduced her prison term by only three months and reduced the fine. Ultimately, her final sentence was 4 years and 9 months.
In January 2025, it became known that Yulia had been tried for a third time under the article on “assisting extremist activity.”
In the fall of 2025 , she was released, having fully served her sentence.
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