Former political prisonersForced emigration

Volha Aliaksandrauna Paulava

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Olga, an activist of the Country for Life project and a member of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s initiative group, took part in protests after the presidential elections and was repeatedly detained.

On November 15, 2020, she was detained in the courtyard of the "Square of Changes", where peaceful protesters gathered for a rally in memory of Roman Bondarenko, killed by security forces, under the slogan "I'm coming out". After that, a criminal case was opened against Olga.

In February 2021, she was convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order.” She left Belarus some time later.

In October 2024, a court hearing was held in absentia to replace the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Sentences

Trial outcome 19.02.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 22.10.2024
unknown (trial in absentia).

Involved in repression

Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
Alexander Sergeevich Romanovich
State prosecutors17 june 1986
Place:
court of Leninsky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
19.02.2021
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Marina Svyatoslavovna Zapasnik
Marina Svyatoslavovna Zapasnik
Judges28 march 1981
Place:
court of Leninsky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
19.02.2021
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Anna Igorevna Ignatyeva
Anna Igorevna Ignatyeva
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
court of Pervomaisky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
22.10.2024
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Michael Viktorovich Makarevich
Michael Viktorovich Makarevich
Judges24 october 1986
Place:
court of the Partizansky district of Minsk
Type:
Administrative case
Date:
18.11.2020
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Overseers21 january 1980
Place:
IVS Okrestina
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Volha Aliaksandrauna Paulava
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
26.05.1988
Number of children:
1
Was held in:
SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
Articles:
Groups:
ActivistsParents of minors

Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. 07.09.2020

    Administrative court

    Fine (25 basic values), court of Leninsky district of Minsk, judge Marina Svyatoslavovna Zapasnik

  3. 02.11.2020

    Administrative court

    Fine (70 basic values), court of Leninsky district of Minsk

  4. 15.11.2020

    Transfer

    IVS Okrestina — In custody

  5. 18.11.2020

    Administrative court

    Fine (30 basic values), court of the Partizansky district of Minsk, judge Michael Viktorovich Makarevich

  6. ~18.11.2020

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody