Natalia Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya
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Natalia Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya
Natalia Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus.
Protosovitskaya is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk, she passed politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society of the Republic of Belarus.
In particular, she made decisions on the arrests of democratic activists during the 2006 election campaign.
She also sentenced demonstrators in December 2010.
In February 2011, she sentenced Grodno journalist Andrei Poczobut to 15 days of administrative arrest for participating in an unauthorized protest in the Belarusian capital on December 19, 2010.
For her crimes she was included in the sanctions lists of EU countries
Thus, Natalya Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya is responsible for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition.
Natalia Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus.
Protosovitskaya is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk, she passed politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society of the Republic of Belarus.
In particular, she made decisions on the arrests of democratic activists during the 2006 election campaign.
She also sentenced demonstrators in December 2010.
In February 2011, she sentenced Grodno journalist Andrei Poczobut to 15 days of administrative arrest for participating in an unauthorized protest in the Belarusian capital on December 19, 2010.
For her crimes she was included in the sanctions lists of EU countries
Thus, Natalya Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya is responsible for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition.
List of repressed
- Associations
- Activists
- Twice political prisoners
- Journalists
- Foreign citizens
- Parents of minors
- Associations
- Activists
- Twice political prisoners
- Journalists
- Foreign citizens
- Parents of minors
Andrei is a Grodno-based journalist, publicist, and member of the Union of Poles in Belarus. In 2011, he was sentenced to three years in prison with a two-year suspended sentence for slandering Lukashenko. He was released in court on his own recognizance. In 2012, a new criminal case was opened against him for media publications, but in 2013 it was dismissed due to lack of evidence. In the fall of that year, he was released from the first case.
On March 25, 2021, Andrei was arrested again. He was charged with inciting hatred and calling for sanctions. The charges included articles about the 2020 Belarusian protests, the defense of the Polish minority, and publications about the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. He spent over 1.5 years in pretrial detention and was convicted in February 2023.
It is known that Andrei refused to submit a petition for pardon. He continues to be subjected to pressure and is deprived of visits and parcels. He has also received no phone calls.
On April 28, 2026, Andrzej Poczobut was released following lengthy negotiations and an exchange for Belarusian spies in Poland. He was immediately transported to Poland.