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Elena Nikolaevna Shilko
Elena Nikolaevna Shilko personally takes direct part in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus, the consequence of which is, among other things, the death of people persecuted by the current regime.
Shilko has been delivering convictions in political cases since at least 2006.
Considers complaints about unlawful decisions of his colleagues, leaving them in force. Conducts closed hearings.
She sentenced Ales Pushkin to 5 years in prison under two articles of the Criminal Code: under Part 3 of Art. 130 (deliberate actions to rehabilitate Nazism, committed by a group of persons) and Art. 370 (desecration of state symbols). This case has completely politically motivated implications, since Ales was an opponent of Lukashenko’s regime and directly expressed his civic position.
On July 11, 2023, Ales died in intensive care under unknown circumstances. Taking into account the fact that Ales was illegally convicted and subsequently died while serving his prison term, there is reason to assert that this employee is directly related to this death.
In 2011, Shilko sentenced Young Front activists Dashkevich and Lobov. The young people were detained in Minsk on December 18, 2010. According to information from the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, in the courtyard of a residential building on Yanka Bryl Street they allegedly beat Konstantin Savitsky and Oleg Malyshev. Representatives of the opposition and human rights activists regarded the detention of Dashkevich and Lobov as a preventive measure by the police on the eve of the elections. Dashkevich was sentenced to two years in prison in a general regime colony, Lobov - to four years in a maximum security colony.
Convicted Dmitry Doronin, Sergei Kazakov, Vladimir Loban, Vitaly Matsukevich, Evgeniy Sekret and Oleg Fedorkevich, who were accused under Part 2 of Article 293 “Participation in mass riots.” Shilko sentenced everyone to 3-3.5 years in prison.
Elena Shilko convicted political prisoner student Artem Boyarsky under Article 342 of the Criminal Code - Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them, and Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code - Creation of an extremist formation or participation in it. The young man was severely beaten during his arrest. Also, a video appeared on Azarenka’s Telegram channel in which Artem admits to administering a public page recognized as extremist. To force him to say this on video, the guy was beaten with batons on his back and buttocks. Artem told his lawyer this during interrogation. Shilko sentenced him to five years in prison under enhanced security conditions.
She sentenced political prisoner Mia Mitkevich to three years in a general regime colony for comments about the situation in the country.
She convicted political prisoner Ivan Cherevako and sentenced him to 4 years in prison.
Thus, Elena Nikolaevna Shilko is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition, which also results in the death of people persecuted by the regime. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Shilko’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
Elena Nikolaevna Shilko personally takes direct part in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus, the consequence of which is, among other things, the death of people persecuted by the current regime.
Shilko has been delivering convictions in political cases since at least 2006.
Considers complaints about unlawful decisions of his colleagues, leaving them in force. Conducts closed hearings.
She sentenced Ales Pushkin to 5 years in prison under two articles of the Criminal Code: under Part 3 of Art. 130 (deliberate actions to rehabilitate Nazism, committed by a group of persons) and Art. 370 (desecration of state symbols). This case has completely politically motivated implications, since Ales was an opponent of Lukashenko’s regime and directly expressed his civic position.
On July 11, 2023, Ales died in intensive care under unknown circumstances. Taking into account the fact that Ales was illegally convicted and subsequently died while serving his prison term, there is reason to assert that this employee is directly related to this death.
In 2011, Shilko sentenced Young Front activists Dashkevich and Lobov. The young people were detained in Minsk on December 18, 2010. According to information from the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, in the courtyard of a residential building on Yanka Bryl Street they allegedly beat Konstantin Savitsky and Oleg Malyshev. Representatives of the opposition and human rights activists regarded the detention of Dashkevich and Lobov as a preventive measure by the police on the eve of the elections. Dashkevich was sentenced to two years in prison in a general regime colony, Lobov - to four years in a maximum security colony.
Convicted Dmitry Doronin, Sergei Kazakov, Vladimir Loban, Vitaly Matsukevich, Evgeniy Sekret and Oleg Fedorkevich, who were accused under Part 2 of Article 293 “Participation in mass riots.” Shilko sentenced everyone to 3-3.5 years in prison.
Elena Shilko convicted political prisoner student Artem Boyarsky under Article 342 of the Criminal Code - Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them, and Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code - Creation of an extremist formation or participation in it. The young man was severely beaten during his arrest. Also, a video appeared on Azarenka’s Telegram channel in which Artem admits to administering a public page recognized as extremist. To force him to say this on video, the guy was beaten with batons on his back and buttocks. Artem told his lawyer this during interrogation. Shilko sentenced him to five years in prison under enhanced security conditions.
She sentenced political prisoner Mia Mitkevich to three years in a general regime colony for comments about the situation in the country.
She convicted political prisoner Ivan Cherevako and sentenced him to 4 years in prison.
Thus, Elena Nikolaevna Shilko is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition, which also results in the death of people persecuted by the regime. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Shilko’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
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Convicted for participating in protests in 2020.
The appeal was heard on 10 February 2023.
She was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served her sentence as imposed by the court.
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Ivan Muravyov is 43 years old. At one time, he was at the origins of the STV TV channel, but for the last ten years he has been engaged in managing the famous hookah bar «Kaliannaya No. 1» on Karl Marx Street.
Detained the Investigative Committee in a hookah bar. Muravyov did not participate in the protests of 2020 (but he had an administrative arrest. He turned out to be a random victim who was dragged out of the car by law enforcement officers during the protests).
The trial was held behind closed doors.
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Member of the OGP.
He was detained on the same days as several other party members . According to the indictment, Smolyakov, Asmolovskiy, and Chernushina actively participated in a protest in Minsk on August 23, 2020. The UCP members grossly violated public order, failed to respond to calls from police officers, disturbed the peace, and obstructed public transportation.
Andrus has two sons and is a civil engineer by training. He worked in his field, doing architectural design as a self-employed entrepreneur.
He was released in 2025, having fully served his sentence as imposed by the court.
According to human rights activists, he was released in January 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
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The director of the newspaper "Belarusians and the Market" was detained on May 18, 2022, following a search of the editorial office.
He was released in the fall of 2025, having served his full sentence.
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Andrei, a designer, was arrested in late January 2022 as part of a criminal case for group actions grossly violating public order. In July of that year, he was convicted of participating in protests that took place in Minsk in 2020. He was sentenced to restricted freedom with a referral.
In December 2024, a court hearing was held to discuss the issue of replacing the restricted freedom sentence with a prison term in a penal colony. The outcome of the hearing and Andrei's presence at the hearing are unknown.
He was accused of creating or participating in an extremist group, as well as participating in protests in 2020.
According to human rights activists, he was released on June 3, 2025, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
The case was initiated for distributing and mailing leaflets calling for counting the votes of voters honestly.
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Ruslan was accused of “feeling hatred towards the current government” and writing numerous offensive messages to police officers and their relatives.
It is known that he has a 3rd group disability due to vision impairment.
Ruslan was released from prison early after being pardoned.
Dmitry was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In October 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
According to human rights activists, he was released in March 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Ivan was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In November 2022, he was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
He was released in the winter of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Maxim was arrested in September 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In November 2022, he was found guilty of inciting hatred or discord and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
He was released in the spring of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Larisa was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened due to online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.
In August 2022, she was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine.
In September 2023, she was released, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
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Ekaterina is a legal consultant at TUT.BY. She graduated from the Law Faculty of BSU. Before TUT.BY, she worked in a large advertising company.
She was detained on May 18, 2021, as part of a criminal case against TUT.BY for tax evasion on an especially large scale. A few days later, she was placed under house arrest.
In April 2022, it became known that Ekaterina's preventive measure had been changed from house arrest to a written undertaking not to leave the country.
Kateryna did not appear at the TUT.BY trial, which began in January 2023 behind closed doors; by that time, she had already left the country.
In February 2025, court hearings began on the criminal case within the framework of special proceedings under four articles - the outcome is unknown.
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Elena is a journalist. She started working at TUT.BY in 2014. At first, she worked in the Construction and Real Estate section, and after a few years, she moved to the Money and Power section.
She was detained on May 18, 2021, as part of a criminal case against TUT.BY for tax evasion on an especially large scale. In July 2022, Elena was released from pretrial detention on a non-disclosure agreement and surety, but the charges were not dropped. In the fall of the same year, the KGB added her to the list of "those involved in terrorism."
Elena did not appear at the TUT.BY trial, which began in January 2023 behind closed doors — by that time she had already left the country. In April of the same year, the Minsk City Court summoned deputy Valery Voronetsky and political scientist Yevgeny Preygerman, who vouched for Elena — they were fined 18.5 thousand Belarusian rubles each.
In February 2025, court hearings began on the criminal case within the framework of special proceedings under four articles - the outcome is unknown.