in the telegram channel of the pro-government department, she is called the administrator of the “extremist formation Black Book of Belarus.”
Valeria was tried in absentia .
From the telegram channel of the pro-government department, she is called the administrator of the "extremist formation" Black Book of Belarus "".
Over Olga has passed trial in absentia .
12 years in prison
Nadezhda was convicted for participating in a protest held on September 6, 2020 in Grodno against the falsification of the presidential elections and violence in the country. She was sentenced to serve her sentence in an open-type correctional facility, after which she had to leave Belarus.
In 2024, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against Nadezhda as part of a special proceeding and she had been convicted in absentia under the article on “assistance to extremist activity.”
In the fall of 2021, Maria was summoned for questioning by the KGB, after which she was arrested for comments left on social networks.
She was released in the spring of 2023 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
05/20/2023 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
unknown years of imprisonment in colony
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According to human rights activists, she will be released in the spring of 2024, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
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Inga was detained in October 2022 under an administrative article, after serving her term, she was not released. In 2020, Inga was detained under an administrative article for participating in protests, but the case was closed due to the statute of limitations.
Karina was detained in October 2022 under an administrative article, after serving her term, she was not released.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral
According to the materials of the prosecution, Anna and her husband Dmitry , having learned that a mass event would be held in Minsk in August 2020, arrived in the city, in the area of the shopping center "On Nemiga", and together with others walked along Pobediteley Avenue to the Stele, and then and further, to the hotel "Victoria", where the convoy was stopped by police officers. During the procession, they used a white-red-white flag as a protest symbol and blocked traffic, as they went out with other participants of the action to the roadway of the avenue.
2 years of restriction of liberty without a referral.
Alesya was convicted of "participation in group actions that grossly violate public order" in a criminal case opened after a protest that took place in Brest on September 13, 2020. During the protest, people sang and danced in circles, and a water cannon was used against them.
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A Ukrainian citizen born in Chernihiv. Zakharenko is also charged in the case with Larisa Krupa. The women are charged with failure to report a crime (Part 2 of Article 406 of the Criminal Code) and espionage (Article 358 of the Criminal Code). The trial will be held behind closed doors.
Natalia traveled to Belarus in the second half of 2022. She helped Ukrainians who were stuck in Belarus and unable to leave the country on their own. She traveled to Belarus in her own car. Zakharenko helped evacuate approximately 30 people from Belarus.
During another trip to Belarus, the woman disappeared. She stopped communicating on July 17, 2023.
It is known that, in addition to the prison term, the court ordered the confiscation of Natalia's minibus.
Her friend, Larisa Krupa, a Belarusian from Mozyr, was fined 100 basic units (4,000 Belarusian rubles) for "failure to report a crime."
The circumstances of the charges are unknown, as are the details of the trial - the court was closed.
On May 24, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
On the evening of June 28, 2024, news broke of the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian prison colonies. Ukrainian authorities secured the release of their citizens in a prisoner exchange. Natalia Zakharenko, Pavlo Kupriyenko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Kateryna Bryukhanova, and Mykola Shvets, a defendant in the "Machulishchi case," were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. The Vatican was reported to have participated in the release. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28; their photo from Zhulyany Airport was published in the media.
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