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Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Stanislav Sergeyevich Kovalev is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repression.
Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. For a long time, he served as the colony's deputy warden for security and operational work. In August 2024, he became the warden of Penal Colony No. 4 and received the rank of colonel.
He exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. He ordered the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care, and cruelly treat political prisoners. He was involved in filing reports of violations on trumped-up grounds, with the aim of sending them to solitary confinement or depriving them of food parcels. He made monthly decisions on sending political prisoners to solitary confinement, including Veronika Kazak, Yulia Yurgelevich, Nastya Kukhta, Natalya Matveyeva, Nasta Loyko, Natalya Dulina, Maria Kolesnikova, Lyudmila Chekina, Olga Radionova, 70-year-old Irina Merkhel, and many others. He also ordered human rights activist Nasta Loyko to be sent to a punishment cell for the maximum sentence (after six months).
An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Stanislav Sergeyevich Kovalev is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repression.
Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. For a long time, he served as the colony's deputy warden for security and operational work. In August 2024, he became the warden of Penal Colony No. 4 and received the rank of colonel.
He exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. He ordered the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care, and cruelly treat political prisoners. He was involved in filing reports of violations on trumped-up grounds, with the aim of sending them to solitary confinement or depriving them of food parcels. He made monthly decisions on sending political prisoners to solitary confinement, including Veronika Kazak, Yulia Yurgelevich, Nastya Kukhta, Natalya Matveyeva, Nasta Loyko, Natalya Dulina, Maria Kolesnikova, Lyudmila Chekina, Olga Radionova, 70-year-old Irina Merkhel, and many others. He also ordered human rights activist Nasta Loyko to be sent to a punishment cell for the maximum sentence (after six months).
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Pulmonologist with 30 years of experience. Worked at the 10th hospital of Minsk (1992-2022), headed the department.
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
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Sofia Bachurinskaya from Gomel is 70 years old. In recent years, she has been involved in network marketing.
Sofia leads an active life. She loves to travel and has recently visited several EU countries and Ukraine. Another hobby is drawing.
On December 13, 2025, she was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.
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She worked as the head teacher for educational work at Minsk Gymnasium No. 34, which is located near Orlovskaya Street, opposite Kievsky Square. The woman graduated from the Belarusian State Pedagogical University (then the Minsk State Pedagogical Institute) in 1984, after which she taught mathematics for about 40 years.
In July 2021, Petrazytskaya was sentenced to 15 days. Her home was then searched, she was taken to the KGB, and then a protocol was drawn up for "insubordination." It is unknown exactly when the head teacher was fired from the school.
The teacher was arrested in October 2024.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
She was released in the summer of 2025, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
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Lidiya is originally from Mogilev and graduated from Lyceum No. 1 in 2011. She later moved to Minsk, earned a degree in economics, and worked as a sales manager. She enjoys cosplay and drawing.
She was arrested in October 2024 and found guilty in March 2025 of "calls for sanctions or other actions aimed at harming Belarus." The nature of the charges is unknown.
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.
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Kristina was arrested in November 2024 and later, probably in mid-2025, convicted under the articles “inciting hatred and discord” and “organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them” and sentenced to imprisonment.
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.
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It's unclear exactly when Marina was detained, but she last appeared on social media in mid-October 2024. Her extremist listing indicates she is currently serving a sentence, meaning she either received a probationary sentence or a prison colony. However, judging by the fact that she hasn't appeared online since her trial, it's likely Marina Luts was sentenced to a prison colony.
From 2014 until the end of 2022, she ran her own business organizing weddings and other events. In 2023, she retrained as a UX/UI designer, working primarily as a freelancer. Marina has a young son.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in the summer of 2025.
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She was arrested in early May 2025 in the "Gayun case" for transmitting data to the "Belarusian Gayun" Telegram channel about the movement of military equipment.
On March 19, 2026, he was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Vera was detained at the end of October 2024 during another “raid” against people suspected of solidarity with political prisoners.
She was found guilty of cooperating with "extremist groups." According to investigators, the participants in the case acted as couriers for the BYSOL initiative: their task was to receive and transfer money to other participants, as well as distribute the funds for illegal protest and extremist activities.
She was released on March 20, 2026, as part of a pardon following another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole.
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She was detained in March 2025 in connection with a criminal case related to "extremist activity."
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
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Karina, a manicurist, was arrested in the fall of 2024 as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
In March 2025, she was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk in 2020 and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
According to human rights activists, she was released in February 2026, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
Natalia was detained and in January 2025 found guilty of publicly insulting Lukashenko and a government official.
She was released in the winter of 2026, having fully served her sentence.
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Irina worked for over 15 years at Peleng JSC, a leading design and engineering company in the optical-electronics industry. Most recently, she held the position of Category 1 Design Engineer in the Structured Cable Systems Research and Design Department, in the Production Systems Support Sector.
Irina was likely detained as part of a raid on the company that began in the summer of 2024. In March 2025, she was convicted of "calling for sanctions" and sentenced to imprisonment.
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.