Baltarusyje nuo 2022 m. vasario užimtiesia palaikymui Ukrainoje nuteista bent 419 asmenų
Baltarusijos teisės gynėjai pranešė, kad nuo 2022 m. vasario už palaikymą Ukrainai šalies kariniuose teismuose nuteista bent 419 asmenų. Žinia, kad 142 nuteistieji šiuo metu yra sulaikyti, o tikrasis persekiojimo mastas gali būti didesnis. Vienноюu у «Справи Гаюна».
Pagrindiniai faktai
- Nuo 2022 m. vasario Baltarusyje за підтримку України засуджено щонайменше 419 осіб.
- Серед засуджених — щонайменше 73 жінки.
- Наразі 142 засуджених у Білорусі перебувають під вартою.
- 222 особи засуджено за сприяння екстремістській діяльності через поширення фотографій і відеозаписів про переміщення російської військової техніки.
- 44 особи засуджено за державну зраду у зв’язку з підтримкою України, 45 — за пожертви на ЗСУ, 29 — за тероризм, 17 іноземних громадян — за шпигунство.
- Станом на 22 жовтня «Справи Гаюна» відомо 141 фігурант, з них 41 перебуває у в’язниці.
- 16 вересня спеціальний посланець США у справах Білорусі Джон Коул оголосив про звільнення 25 білоруських політв’язнів.
Kodėl tai svarbu
The convictions show that support for Ukraine inside Belarus is met with criminal liability across a wide range of activities, including monitoring troop movements, sharing images and recordings, donating to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and alleged espionage or sabotage. The documented total may substantially understate the scale of prosecutions, and the reported releases of political prisoners show that some detainees remain imprisoned despite broader releases.
Kas nutiko
According to the Belarusian human rights centre “Viasna”, at least 419 people have been convicted in Belarus since February 2022 in cases related to supporting Ukraine during the war. At least 73 of those convicted are women, and 142 are currently in custody. The most common convictions involved assisting extremist activity through sharing photographs and videos of Russian military equipment movements. Forty-four people were convicted of treason linked to support for Ukraine, 29 of terrorism in cases involving diversions at railways and military airfields, and 45 of donations to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Seventeen foreign citizens were convicted of espionage. Most of those convicted are linked to the “Hayoun Case”, involving the independent monitoring project “Belarusian Hayoun”, which tracked movements of Russian and Belarusian military forces. As of 22 October, 141 defendants in that case were known, 41 of them imprisoned. The project’s database is reported to have reached the authorities after February 2025, after which the prosecutions began. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has reported a new wave of repression connected with the “Hayoun Case”.
Kaip apie tai rašo Ukrainos šaltiniai
Ukrainian media emphasize the scale of the convictions and the range of activities treated as support for Ukraine, including monitoring military movements, sharing images and recordings, donating to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and alleged espionage or sabotage. They also highlight Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry warning about a new wave of repression in the “Hayoun Case”.
Kontekstas
The convictions are reported to have occurred since February 2022 in the context of the war in Ukraine. The project “Belarusian Hayoun” monitored movements of Russian and Belarusian military forces. The reported figures come from Belarusian rights defenders and Ukrainian officials, who caution that the actual number of cases may be significantly higher than 419.