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KYKY and The Village co-founder Alyaksandr Vasilevich released in courtroom
Businessman at large, despite the sentence
05.02.2022
Minsk: Four men accused of hacking city authorities’ computers systems get hefty sentences
On January 28, Zavodski district court of Minsk passed guilty verdicts in the case of four citizens who stood trial for the hacking of the computer system of Minsk city executive committee. The four defendants have been behind bars for 18 months.
28.01.2022
2 years in jail: Mahiliou court delivers first sentence for web comments on killing KGB officer
On January 10, Leninski district court completed hearing the case of a 45-year-old resident of Mahiliou and passed a guilty verdict.
10.01.2022
Anarchists sentenced to long prison terms in Minsk
They were detained last year near the Ukrainian border
22.12.2021
Hrodna blogger Vadimati sentenced to 3 years in prison
On December 21, Shchuchyn district court completed hearing the case of Hrodna-based blogger Vadzim ‘Vadimati’ Yermashuk who has been behind bars for over four months.
21.12.2021
Hleb Koipish sentenced to two years of freedom restriction
Hleb Koipish was detained in August
12.12.2021
Political prisoner Mikalai Dzyadok gets 5 years in jail. He reported being tortured by police
On November 10, Minsk City Court passed a verdict in the case of Mikalai Dzyadok, a 33-year-old blogger and activist of the anarchist movement, who has been behind bars for about a year, the human rights centre Viasna reports.
10.11.2021
She's busy every minute: this way time flies faster. How Belsat TV journo Darya Chultsova is getting along in penal colony
Our colleague, Belsat journalist Darya Chultsova, has been in prison for almost a year.
09.11.2021
‘Violating public order’: Reputed human rights defenders Leanid Sudalenka, Tatsyana Lasitsa get jail terms
On November 3, Tsentralny district court of Homiel completed hearing and passed guilty verdicts in the case of Leanid Sudalenka, human rights defender and chairman of the Homieĺ branch of the human rights centre Viasna, as well as volunteer Tatsyana Lasitsa.
03.11.2021
Regional journalist Syarhei Hardziyevich escorted to colony
Journalist sentenced to one and a half years in jail for insulting Lukashenka and slandering policemen
28.10.2021
Minsker sentenced to two years of restriction of liberty for dancing with white-red-white flag near Eternal Flame
On October 25, Partyzanski district court of Minsk passed a guilty verdict in the case of a 28-year-old local resident. A video of her dancing with a white-red- white flag in front of the Eternal Flame commemorating the Soviet victims of the Second World War went viral on the Belarusian segment of the Internet.
26.10.2021
Woman gets three years of restriction of liberty for insultive comment about riot police on web
On October 7, Frunzenski district court of Minsk passed a guilty verdict in the case of Svyatlana Baranouskaya who was accused of insulting female officers belonging to the notorious riot police OMON.
08.10.2021
‘Violating rules’: Court orders to transfer activist Ihar Bantser from correctional facility to penal colony
30.09.2021