Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Kovalev Stanislav Sergeyevich is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions of detention for political prisoners on the territory of Correctional Colony No. 4 in the city of Gomel. Exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. Gave orders to the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care and cruelly treat political prisoners. Involved in drawing up reports on violations for far-fetched reasons with the aim of sending them to a punishment cell or depriving them of parcels.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Kovalev Stanislav Sergeyevich is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions. Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions of detention for political prisoners on the territory of Correctional Colony No. 4 in the city of Gomel. Exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. Gave orders to the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care and cruelly treat political prisoners. Involved in drawing up reports on violations for far-fetched reasons with the aim of sending them to a punishment cell or depriving them of parcels.
Citizen of the Russian Federation. Elena has two minor daughters (born in 2014 and 2015).
Before the trial, she was heldin pretrial detention for 8months .
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 releasedon October 29, 2024,having served her entiresentence.
She was arrested for participating in the 2020 protests in Grodno along with Lyudmila Mazurkevich. Natalia was ultimately sentenced to restricted freedom without a referral. In January 2024, Natalia was detained during a security forces raid on relatives of political prisoners and supporters. Natalia was never released and was sentenced to imprisonment.
Natalia was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. She received credit for time served in a correctional facility (eight months), as well as time spent in pretrial detention. After four months in prison, Natalia was released, having served her sentence in full.
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.
As it became known from the court ruling, Anastasia, after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, moved from Belarus to Poland. While in a neighboring country, she tried to donate $16.71 from her Belarusian bank account via Internet banking to the Kalinovsky regiment, but the transaction did not go through.
Later, the political prisoner decided to return to Belarus, where she was detained. It should be noted that at the time of the transfer of funds by Anastasia, the Kalinovsky regiment was not recognized as an "extremist formation."
Trial outcome 14.06.2023
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Ekaterina was arrested in early September 2022 along with her husband for hanging a white-red-white flag and a Ukrainian flag on the facade of a multi-story building in Minsk on charges of hooliganism.
Two weeks after their arrest, the Ministry of Internal Affairs designated the Zello channel through which the Minsk residents coordinated the protest as an extremist group.
In April 2023, Ekaterina was found guilty of "creating or participating in an extremist group" and "assisting extremist activity" and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 13, 2025, she was released following a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
She was detained for hanging a white-red-white flag and the flag of Ukraine in a 19-storey building on Lesya Ukrainka Street.
After her arrest, the channel in the Zello mobile application, through which she communicated during the rally, was recognized as an extremist formation.
On September 19, 2023, an appeal hearing was held. The verdict came into force.
Trial outcome 06.04.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the charge, she left offensive comments and made threats against 50 officials: judges, prosecutors, employees of internal affairs bodies, state security, investigative bodies, members of precinct election commissions.
It is known that the prosecutor asked for two years of imprisonment for the 54 year old woman, but judge Dmitry Korsyuk imposed a harsher punishment - three years in a penal colony.
Trial outcome 26.09.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
74 year old Natalia was accused and found guilty of slander and insulting A.G. Lukashenko, as well as insulting an public officer on duty. Details of the criminal process are unknown. The court was closed.
It is only known that before the verdict of the court, the woman was on recognizance. Natalia Taran was taken into custody right in the courtroom.
Trial outcome 09.08.2022:
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
She was detained in the morning when she was going to go to work with her husband. Accused of participating in protests. The trial was held behind closed doors.
The family has three children.
Trial outcome 26.10.2022
4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
She is a Student of «Mogilev State University Kuleshov's name».
According to the prosecution, the girl reposted a publication in the chat criticizing the actions of Putin and Lukashenko with calls to go outside if the Belarusian army enters the war.
Olga Novikova and her husband Viktor were sentenced to imprisonment for participating in protests in 2020 (Article 342 of the Criminal Code). It is noteworthy that her 35-year-old husband Viktor Novikov was also released on pardon, but on July 3.
Trial outcome 07.06.2022:
3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.
After serving her administrative arrest, she was detained on criminal charges; on April 4, 2022, she was convicted of participating in seven Sunday Marches over the course of two months from August 23 to October 25, 2020.
The girl admitted her guilt in court and that she actually took part in them.
On August 28, 2024, she was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
A former teacher from Khoyniki was accused of videotaping the movement of a column of military equipment, and then sent the recording to the telegram channel «Belaruski Gayun».
Trial outcome 06.12.2022
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
According to the channels supporting the current government in the Republic of Belarus, she was detained under a criminal article for transmitting a video with the movement of military equipment to a telegram channel recognized as an extremist formation in the Republic of Belarus.
Anna has a juvenile daughter.
Trial outcome 16.08.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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