Citizen of Ukraine from Chernigov. Sometimes she went to Belarus, and as a result she was detained. Natalya has two sons; the youngest was 2.5 months old at the time of his arrest. The trial took place behind closed doors. On March 12, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
On the evening of June 28, 2024, sudden information appeared about the release of five political prisoners from Belarusian colonies. The Ukrainian authorities achieved the release of their exchange citizens as prisoners. This is how Natalya Zakharenko, Pavel Kuprienko, Lyudmila Goncharenko, Ekaterina Bryukhanova, as well as Nikolai Shvets, a defendant in the “Machulishchi case,” were released. The terms of the exchange were not disclosed. It is noted that the Vatican took part in the liberation. The released political prisoners were brought to Ukraine on June 28 - their photo from the Zhulyany airport appeared in the media.
Trial outcome 19.12.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the pro-government telegram channel, he was detained along with his mother for participating in the 2020 protests. On 02/28/2024 he was convicted under an administrative article ( Article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus - Petty Hooliganism), after the trial nothing is known about Alexander.
According to the prosecution , Shichko, while in the city of Lida, left offensive comments regarding Alexander Lukashenko on the telegram channel “Grodno 97%”, which “humiliated the honor and dignity of the individual and were associated with accusations of committing a particularly serious crime.”
Before the trial, Vitaly Shichko, who has two dependent daughters, was in custody.
Trial outcome 15.03.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
An architect and restorer who was detained on February 14, 2024, during mass arrests and searches of architects. It was later revealed that he was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Roman has two small children. The second child was born during his imprisonment. The author of the restoration of the Pobeda cinema, the Minsk factory kitchen, the Main Post Office, the Lida and Grodno breweries, an active participant in the campaign to protect Osmolovka.
Trial outcome 28.06.2024
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 25.03.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
An architect who was detained on February 14, 2024 during mass arrests and searches of architects. Later it became known that he was accused under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
Trial outcome 28.06.2024:
3 years of restriction of freedom without direction
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