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Rico Krieger
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In custody: ~269 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth 23.09.1993
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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Citizen of Germany. It is known that Rico previously worked as a special security officer for the American Foreign Ministry in Berlin. After this position, he moved into the healthcare field, working as a nurse. According to his linkedin page, the man was a military doctor for the Red Cross.

Rico Krieger was found guilty of “committing an explosion in order to influence decision-making by authorities, intimidate the population, destabilize public order (an act of terrorism), committed by a person who had previously committed a crime under Part 4 of Art. 295 of the Criminal Code, by an organized group, that is, in the commission of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code."

Based on it, Krieger was given an exceptional punishment in the form of death penalty (execution).

Human rights activists also learned that the case of the military doctor concerns the Kalinovsky regiment, namely its structural unit, the foreign mechanized battalion "Western".

It is known that the man left behind a minor child in Germany. It is also noted that at the moment there is no information whether the verdict was appealed or protested, and whether it entered into legal force.

08/01/2024 Rico Krieger was released as part of an exchange between Russia and the West.

Trial outcome 24.07.2024
death penalty.
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folder Categories of cases: Special proceedings (trials in absentia)
Hometown: Glubokoe
Date of birth 12.03.1962
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A pensioner from Glubokoe. She has two children: a son who is finishing school, and an adult daughter with her own family.

On March 31, 2020, blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky, author of the YouTube channel "Country for Life", came to Glubokoe and streamed from the main square for his subscribers. Lyudmila also came to the meeting. She spoke about the life of people in her hometown, expressed her opinion on the policies of Alexander Lukashenko and the coronavirus epidemic.

On October 9, the presidium of the Vitebsk Regional Court “released” Lyudmila and removed her conviction.

Trial outcome 08.05.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).
Appeal 09.10.2024
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In custody: ~298 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth 12.10.1983
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Convicted for participation in the march on September 6, 2020.

Trial outcome 10.05.2024
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
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In custody: ~265 days
folder Categories of cases: The case of «mass riots», Brest, 2020
Hometown: Brest
Was in: SIZO-7SIZO-7, Brest, Sovetskih Pogranichnikov 37, 224030
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Detained for a protest that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest. He was a minor at the time of that protest.

Nikita and seven other people began their trial on May 10, 2024, in the Moscow District Court of Brest.

According to human rights activists , he was released on September 27, 2024.

Trial outcome 20.05.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 23.07.2024
unknown.
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In custody: ~87 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth 12.11.1988
Was in: SIZO-1 KolyadichiSIZO-1 Novodvorsky s/s, 143/4, Pashkovichi village, Minsk district, Minsk region 223016
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On June 25, 2024, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 24.04.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 25.06.2024
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In custody: 90 days
Hometown: Byhov
Date of birth 21.06.1969
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Yuri is a boiler room operator. He was found guilty of attempting to knock down a national flag from a store in February 2024. The man allegedly "made at least two blows to the shaft." When he failed to knock down the flag, he brought a wooden ladder from the house, climbed up it, grabbed the flag pole with his hands and pulled it down: because of this, the pole broke. According to the indictment, Tomashev then “carelessly crumpled the flag, wrapping it around a tree” and took it to his barn, where he kept it in a bag until the police took it out.

Tomashev admitted guilt. He said that he saw the flag and decided to take it for himself. He was found guilty and sentenced to three months in prison.

Trial outcome 23.04.2024:

3 months of arrest

Alexander Ivanovich Zubkov
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In custody: 363 days
Hometown: Brozha
Date of birth 25.03.1968
Was in: IK-1IK No. 1, 211440, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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teacher of physics and astronomy at Secondary School No. 27 in Mogilev. On June 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 23.04.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 27.06.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~250 days
Hometown: Cherikov
Date of birth 13.11.1975
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the prosecution , Elena Dubrovskaya, using a mobile phone, under a post with a photograph of Alexander Lukashenko, published in a chat included in the Republican list of extremist materials, posted a comment with a negative assessment of Lukashenko’s personality, containing an obscene form of speech expression. At the court hearing, the woman fully admitted her guilt.

Elena Dubrovskaya filed an appeal. The Judicial Collegium of the Mogilev Regional Court considered it on June 20, but left the complaint unsatisfied and the verdict unchanged.

Trial outcome 17.04.2024
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.06.2024
unknown.
Daria Andreevna Khmelnitskaya
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In custody: ~422 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate, Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth 16.06.2000
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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It is unknown when Daria was detained , but probably in the fall of 2023. She is accused of two articles - Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code and Part 2 of Art. 361-3.

The first article is organizing or participating in actions that grossly violate public order. The second is recruitment, training, other preparation or use of Belarusians to participate in a war on the territory of another state, as well as financing or other material support for such activities. It is usually given to those who helped Ukraine in some way.

It is known that after graduating from the philological department of BSU, Daria went to work at gymnasium No. 23 in Minsk, where she herself studied. She also entered the master's program at the Faculty of Philology of BSU.

On July 23, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 29.04.2024
5 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 23.07.2024
unknown.
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In custody: ~428 days
folder Categories of cases: Journalistic work
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth 27.04.1975
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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As stated in the resolution, she was a language consultant for the Belsat television channel, which is recognized as an “extremist formation” in Belarus. According to the verdict, from June 19, 2021 to November 15, 2023, Anastasia Matyash was a language consultant for the Polish television "TVP", which includes the Polish television channel "BELSAT tv BELSAT". During her work, she allegedly conducted language consultations, translated, corrected and edited texts, which were then used on BELSAT. The resolution also states that for participation in “extremist activities” Anastasia Matyash allegedly received “criminal” income, 40,000 Polish zlotys, 12,258 dollars and 8,575 euros.

Anastasia Matyash did not admit her guilt.

Trial outcome 19.04.2024
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 28.06.2024
unknown.
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In custody: 261 day
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth 26.02.1986
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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On April 11, 2024, the case was heard in closed session by Judge Sergei Solovsky. Veronika was sentenced to imprisonment.

08/15/2024 released , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.06.2024
the sentence was upheld.
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In custody: ~153 days
Hometown: Mogilev
Date of birth 27.09.1984
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The man was accused of tearing a red-green flag from a store building on January 21, 2024, while intoxicated, and breaking the pole.

Dmitry fully admitted his guilt. He was prescribed compulsory treatment for alcoholism.

On June 6, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

Trial outcome 28.03.2024
6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 06.06.2024
unknown.
Elena Leonovna Staheiko
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In custody: ~353 days
Hometown: Baranovichi
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Elena was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.

According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted persons "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations."

Elena worked as a Belarusian language teacher until retirement.

Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.06.2024
unknown.
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In custody: ~278 days
Hometown: Baranovichi
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The trial of the second group of Baranovichi residents (9 people) began on March 28, 2024. Olga was among them. The verdict was handed down on April 11.

According to the prosecution , in August 2020, the convicted persons "shouted slogans, demonstrated white-red-white banners, obstructed the movement of vehicles and the normal functioning of enterprises and organizations."

On July 21, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, she will be released in the fall of 2024.

Trial outcome 11.04.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.06.2024
unknown.
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In custody: ~288 days
Hometown: Goluby
Date of birth 22.09.1985
Was in: IK-2IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
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The man was drinking with his wife in a dormitory around midnight. She called an ambulance and reported an alleged knife wound. The police arrived and offered him a ride to the police station. Then, in front of four police officers from the detention group and his wife, he insulted Alexander Lukashenko. He allegedly did this “with the aim of damaging his authority.” The insult was recorded on the recorder.

According to human rights activists , he was released on November 24, 2024.

Trial outcome 27.03.2024
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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