The man is known to have worked as a mechanic at Zavet OJSC, a company that installs electrical systems. Previously, he was a sole proprietor who repaired cars.
Several criminal cases have been opened against the man for comments he made on Telegram. He deleted his account in 2022, but it was eventually found. The account was registered under his own Belarusian number, and for a time, even featured a photo of Pavel himself as its profile picture. During this time, he left over 600 comments in various chats.
On June 7, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
In the spring of 2025, he was released , having fully served his sentence.
Trial outcome 18.03.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Artem is from Rogachev and studied at Gomel State Technical University. A few years ago the guy moved to Minsk and recently worked as a waiter.
In a “repentance” video published in mid-March, Artem said that he was detained “for moderating the 97% Serebryanka chat.” But the channel was recognized as an “extremist formation” only on May 30, 2023.
He began to be tried in the Minsk City Court on August 29, 2023 under Part 1 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code (Creation of an extremist formation).
Trial outcome 04.10.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
In the “repentance video,” the detainee says that he is a first-year student at the Belarusian State Pedagogical University and allegedly “administered a nationalist chat of Belarusians and Ukrainians,” where cruelty against the Russian military was published.
The guy also “admits to distributing Nazi and extremist materials.”
09/08/2023 convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from telegrams of the NEXTA channel. On September 11, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. for reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus brain channel. On September 19, 2023, he was convicted under Article 19.11. Part 2. for 10 days for repeated reposting from the telegrams of the Belarus Brain channel. On September 29, 2023, he was sentenced to 14 days under Article 19.11. Part 2 for reposting from the telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain".
On October 15, 2023, charges were brought under Article 368 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus
20.09.2023
19.09.2023 осужден по статье 19.11. ч.2. на 10 суток за повторный репост из телеграмм канала "Беларусь головного мозга" судья Климук М.А.
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
It is known that an appeal hearing took place on November 1, 2023, and the verdict came into force.
Ruslan was tried for a comment on a Telegram channel that allegedly encouraged participation in the Marches. Ruslan admitted his guilt. He said that he had indeed posted the comment under the influence of emotions, as he had read comments from other users on the channel. He also noted that he had once attended a protest.
It is known that Ruslan was detained on the border with Russia: the time and circumstances are unknown. Before his detention, he worked as a technician-mechanic.
According to human rights activists, he was released on November 7, 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
A resident of Loyivshchyna was detained at the end of August 2023 for insulting police officers while filming a video and then posting the video with insults on the Internet.
After the verdict, she was released in the courtroom due to the recalculation of the time spent in the pre-trial detention center.
Maxim is currently undergoing compulsory military service in a military unit in Borisov.
According to the prosecution , Maxim, “acting jointly and in concert in a group of people from approximately 21:00 on August 9 to 1:30 on August 10, 2020, “stood on the roadway, obstructing the movement of public and other transport, clapped his hands, loudly shouted, whistled, shouted various slogans, while refusing to comply with the legitimate demands of government officials.”
In Zhlobin, according to the investigation, on the day of the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus on August 9, 2020, at about 10 p.m., an aggressive crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered in the area of the city square.
Trial outcome 06.09.2023
3 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the prosecution , Artur Panchenko, “acting jointly and in concert in a group of people from approximately 21:00 on August 9 to 1:30 on August 10, 2020, “stood on the roadway, obstructing the movement of public and other transport, clapped his hands, shouted loudly, whistled, shouted various slogans, while refusing to comply with the legitimate demands of government officials.”
In Zhlobin, according to the investigation, on the day of the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus on August 9, 2020, at about 10 p.m., an aggressive crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered in the area of the city square.
Arthur served under contract in a military unit as a senior fire rescuer of the military fire protection and rescue team in Zhlobin.
According to pro-government media, he was convicted of sending the data of three of his former colleagues to one of the “extremist” Telegram channels.
On October 24, 2023, a court hearing was held on the subject of “the release of the convicted person from a sentence of imprisonment, the execution of which was suspended.”
Trial outcome 08.09.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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