Elena Petrovna Lukomskaya
Elena Petrovna Lukomskaya
Number of repressed: 365
Date of birth: 27 july 1976
Categories: Overseers

The Department of Corrections of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Gomel Region and the City of Gomel. Penal Colony No. 4. Deputy Head of Correctional Procedure. Complicit in crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Involved in politically motivated repression. Elena Petrovna Lukomskaya coerced political prisoners into writing petitions for pardon. If they refused, she ordered Penal Colony No. 4 staff to exert psychological pressure on them. Under any circumstances, she did everything possible to send political prisoners to solitary confinement or deprive them of visits and packages. She placed them on preventive watch lists, including repeat ones, for trumped-up reasons.

The Department of Corrections of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Gomel Region and the City of Gomel. Penal Colony No. 4. Deputy Head of Correctional Procedure. Complicit in crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Involved in politically motivated repression. Elena Petrovna Lukomskaya coerced political prisoners into writing petitions for pardon. If they refused, she ordered Penal Colony No. 4 staff to exert psychological pressure on them. Under any circumstances, she did everything possible to send political prisoners to solitary confinement or deprive them of visits and packages. She placed them on preventive watch lists, including repeat ones, for trumped-up reasons.

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In custody: 457 days
Hometown: Mogilev
Date of birth: 27.01.1976
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the case materials , “while at her place of residence, the 46-year-old accused, using her mobile phone and an account on the social network Facebook, posted material with an image of Lukashenko on the Internet for free access. In it, using obscene language, she gave a clearly negative assessment of the president’s personality, thereby humiliating his honor and dignity.”

Yuryeva admitted her guilt.

On April 13, 2023, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

According to human rights activists, she will be released in the winter of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 16.01.2023:

1.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Natalya Albertovna Malets
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In custody: ~810 days
folder Categories of cases: Solidarity
Hometown: Turov
Date of birth: 17.10.1960
Guardian: Ksenia Maksimovich
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Natalia was first convicted in January 2023 for an online comment under the article "insulting a government official" and sentenced to one and a half years of restricted freedom, known as "house arrest."

In September of that year, Natalia was arrested again and convicted on a new criminal charge, accused of "financing extremist activity" for supporting political prisoners through money transfers.

On December 13, 2025, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.

Trial outcome 03.01.2023
1 year 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 08.08.2024
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 18.10.2024
the sentence was upheld.
Tatyana Sergeevna Kurilina
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In custody: 1209 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 05.06.1973
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to the investigation, from August 20, 2020, to February 20, 2022, Tatyana used Telegram channels to call on chat participants to commit violent acts against government officials and law enforcement agencies. She also collected, systematized, and disseminated information about the victims' private lives without their consent, including prosecutors and judges, allegedly harming their rights and legitimate interests. Some of the messages concerned Lukashenko.

According to Baipol, Tatyana was lured by Belarusian intelligence services: a young man convinced her to return to Belarus, promising to resolve all issues, after which she was detained by the KGB in August 2022.

In March 2023, Tatyana was convicted on a number of charges, including "inciting other social hatred and discord" and "insult," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large compensation payment to the "victims."

On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, Keith Kellogg, and taken to Ukraine.

Trial outcome 30.03.2023
4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine, 23500 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 20.06.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Alexandra Maratovna Rybchik
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In custody: 642 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.06.1993
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Alexandra works as a manager at the logistics company Trans Solutions. The reason for the arrest was her photographs on Tinder, where she stands on the road with a white-red-white flag during one of the protest marches in 2020. The publication about the arrest appeared in one of the unofficial telegram channels of security forces. A “repentance” video was shot with the girl, where she confirms her participation in the protests. At first she was placed in a temporary detention facility, then a criminal case was opened against her.

On April 21, 2023, the appeal was considered, and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 04.02.2023:

2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Larisa Fyodorovna Shchiryakova
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In custody: ~1010 days
folder Categories of cases: Journalistic work
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 13.04.1973
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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In 2021, she publicly announced that she was leaving journalism. She explained her departure by saying that she had already had enough of being persecuted for working without accreditation. According to police reports, the courts punished the journalist with administrative fines more than forty times, including for covering post-election protests. Only one day was not assigned, since Shchiryakova was raising a minor son alone.

This year, in September, after the arrest of her former colleague in the journalistic field, Yevgeny Merkis, Shchiryakova raised the issue of the journalist’s detention in a pre-trial detention facility in her posts on social networks, and posted messages on her social network pages about solidarity actions with Yevgeny that were being held abroad.

After Larisa was detained, her son was taken to a shelter straight from school.

According to the case materials, Larisa Shchyryakova allegedly posted information on the Internet that discredited the Republic of Belarus. She is also accused of "collecting, creating, processing, storing and transmitting information for" Viasna" and "Belsat".

On the 11th of April 2025 it became clear that the 52nd anniversary of the Belarusian Regime Promymusov moved to the territory of Lithuania. There are people and citizens of the European countries. Larysa Shchyrakova was summoned.

Trial outcome 31.08.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Elena Alexandrovna Efremenko
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In custody: ~668 days
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 08.10.1977
Number of children: 2 children
Was in: Turma β„–1Turma β„–1, Grodno, Kirova 1, 230023
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Citizen of the Russian Federation. Elena has two minor daughters (born in 2014 and 2015).

Before the trial, she was held in pretrial detention for 8 months .

In March 2023, it became known about Elena's serious condition in IK-4, where she was serving her sentence. "For example, when Elena was once in a very serious condition, she was not given medical care, although everything was extremely bad. She had a temperature of almost 40, she was delirious, then she started having problems with her joints, an abscess. But then she was not even assigned to the medical unit, the prisoners themselves took her there," said one of the former prisoners.

She was released on October 29, 2024, having served her entire sentence .

Elena was deported from Belarus.

Trial outcome 04.11.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.01.2023
2 years 9 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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In custody: ~482 days
Hometown: Remezy
Date of birth: 26.01.1965
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to human rights activists , she was released after serving the full sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 29.11.2022
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Natalia Pavlovna Antonova
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In custody: ~573 days
folder Categories of cases: Raid January 23-24, 2024, Grodno protests 2020
Hometown: Suhinichi
Date of birth: 12.06.1960
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was detained for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno together with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. As a result, Natalia was sentenced to probation. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a raid by security forces on relatives of political prisoners and people of solidarity. Natalia was not released.

Trial outcome 17.03.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 04.10.2024
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 03.01.2025
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 508 days
Hometown: Navapolatsk
Date of birth: 10.04.1985
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Convicted for participating in protests in 2020.

The appeal was considered on February 10, 2023.

According to human rights activists, she was released in the spring of 2024 after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 21.11.2022:

1.5 years in prison

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 322 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 27.06.1984
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Alice is accused of one telegram message written on the evening of February 28, 2022 (on the 4th day of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine).

The comment was written in the telegram chat «Belaruski Gayun Chat» (a chat associated with the channel Belaruski Gayun», which tracked the movement of Russian troops on the territory of Belarus). The text contains the word «rats», and the state prosecution interprets this as referring to Lukashenko. In addition, at the trial, the prosecutor pointed out that this word is profanity.

According to human rights activists, she was released on August 18, 2023 after the expiration of her sentence.

Trial outcome:

1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 586 days
Hometown: Minsk
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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09.23.2023 released after expiration of sentence.

Trial outcome 15.11.2022
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.02.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 586 days
Hometown: Minsk
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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09.23.2023 released after expiration of sentence.

Trial outcome 15.11.2022
1 year 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 10.02.2023
unknown.
Natalya Viacheslavovna Letsko
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In custody: ~365 days
Hometown: Rogozno
Date of birth: 18.02.1960
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Natalia was accused of making a repost on her publication page with the personal data of an employee of the internal affairs bodies. The woman also posted a photo of the security officer with her own comment about the crimes committed by him. The court decided that the information in the comment was deliberately false and discredited the employee in the eyes of society.

According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.

Trial outcome 03.11.2022
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 50 basic values fine.
Appeal 16.12.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 597 days
Hometown: Navapolatsk
Date of birth: 11.10.1984
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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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.

Trial outcome 19.10.2022:

unknown years of imprisonment in colony

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~623 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 14.10.1986
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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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.

Trial outcome 05.10.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 23.12.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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