Persecuted for political reasonsForced emigration

Zukhra Akhmadzhanauna Berasniova

Zukhra, a native of Uzbekistan, was found guilty in October 2021 of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer," "insulting a government official," and "defamation." According to the prosecution, she publicly insulted the head of the Polotsk District Department of Internal Affairs, Alexander Garus. Among the "victims" are also Lieutenant Colonel Denis Karasev, head of the Law Enforcement Department of the Public Safety Prevention Department, and Major Vitaly Sheshukov, deputy head of the Polotsk Pretrial Detention Center, whom she allegedly threatened.

Despite the fact that Zukhra cares for a child with a disability, she was sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.

In September 2024, the Presidium of the Vitebsk Regional Court heard Zukhra's criminal case in open court following a cassation appeal by the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus. Following the hearing, the charge of "insulting a government official" was overturned, and the prison term was reduced by two months.

In January 2025, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in a penal colony.

Sentences

Trial outcome 26.10.2021
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 04.01.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Prosecutor's protest 25.09.2024
2 years 10 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 24.01.2025
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (trial in absentia).

Involved in repression

Mikita Andreyevich Belavusau
Mikita Andreyevich Belavusau
State prosecutors13 may 1994
Place:
court of the Polotsk region and the city of Polotsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
26.10.2021
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Andrey Aleksandrovich Dergachev
Andrey Aleksandrovich Dergachev
Judges6 september 1989
Place:
court of the Polotsk region and the city of Polotsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
26.10.2021
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Tatiana Antonovna Dashkevich
Tatiana Antonovna Dashkevich
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Vitebsk Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
25.09.2024
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Yanina Sergeevna Martsulevich
Yanina Sergeevna Martsulevich
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
court of the Polotsk region and the city of Polotsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
24.01.2025
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Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Harus
Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Harus
Others3 february 1977
Type:
Other
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Dzianis Paulovich Karasiou
Dzianis Paulovich Karasiou
Others19 september 1977
Type:
Other
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Zukhra Akhmadzhanauna Berasniova
Birthday:
07.02.1969
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Groups:
Foreign citizens
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Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 26.10.2021

    Trial outcome 26.10.2021

    3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Polotsk region and the city of Polotsk

  3. 26.10.2021

    Status change

    Released pending appeal

  4. 2022
  5. 04.01.2022

    Appeal 04.01.2022

    the sentence was upheld, Vitebsk Regional Court

  6. ~08.01.2022

    Status change

    Forced emigration

  7. 2024
  8. 25.09.2024

    Prosecutor's protest 25.09.2024

    2 years 10 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, Vitebsk Regional Court