Former political prisonersProbation

Nikita Nikolaevich Kovalenko

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Nikita Kovalenko is an evangelical believer and a connoisseur of religious architecture.

He was detained during numerous detentions in Fanipol. Employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption broke into Kovalenko's apartment and conducted a search, during which the man's personal computer and phone were seized. A criminal case was opened against Nikita, but it is not known what he is charged with.

Nikita Kovalenko is a believer of one of the Minsk Baptist churches and one of the best experts on the religious architecture of Belarus of the XVI century. Recently, he worked as a developer in the IT field. The man had previously been detained during protests in 2020.

Sentences

Trial outcome 14.07.2023
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Involved in repression

Novel Vyacheslavovich Krylovich
Novel Vyacheslavovich Krylovich
Judges19 january 1962
Place:
Dzerzhinsky District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
14.07.2023
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Nikita Nikolaevich Kovalenko
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Navapolatsk
Birthday:
09.06.1987
Was held in:
Turma №8, Zhodino, Sovetskaya ul. 22A, 222163
Articles:
Groups:
Believers

Timeline

  1. 2023
  2. 24.01.2023

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  3. ~19.04.2023

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  4. 14.07.2023

    Trial outcome 14.07.2023

    2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, Dzerzhinsky District Court

  5. ~14.07.2023

    Status change

    Probation