Alena Dzmitryyeuna Pyrkh
Alena Dzmitryyeuna Pyrkh
Number of repressed: 435
Date of birth: 4 january 1978
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Penal Colony No. 4, Department of Correctional Institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Gomel Region and the City of Gomel. Employee of the penal department. Assistant to the duty assistant to the warden of the penal colony.
Elena Dmitrievna Pyrkh participated in the persecution of political prisoners. All provocations by the penal institution administration took place under her supervision. She was present during all searches of the political prisoners' cells, displaying aggression, threatening, and insulting female prisoners.
Prohibited items, usually pills or needles, were planted in the cells of women who, in the administration's opinion, needed punishment, and Pyrkh then "found" them. She then took the prisoner to the penal department and filed a report.
Another form of psychological pressure was "fire safety drills," when Pyrkh would suddenly appear in the unit and demand that all prisoners "take out" their belongings in an organized manner within 10 minutes. If the prisoners failed to complete this task within the allotted time, the process would begin again.
Pyrkh would shout, insult, and humiliate the prisoners. If she didn't like something, she would force the entire unit to stand in the sun, rain, or cold for several hours, during which time they would be required to read the prison rules.
She often filed reports on political prisoners and demanded stricter conditions for them at commission meetings, including insisting on solitary confinement in place of a reprimand, deprivation of visits, parcel delivery, and so on at punishment commissions.
These actions directly indicate complicity with the Lukashenko regime's repressive policies against those who do not support the government and violate prisoners' rights to humane treatment.

Penal Colony No. 4, Department of Correctional Institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Gomel Region and the City of Gomel. Employee of the penal department. Assistant to the duty assistant to the warden of the penal colony.
Elena Dmitrievna Pyrkh participated in the persecution of political prisoners. All provocations by the penal institution administration took place under her supervision. She was present during all searches of the political prisoners' cells, displaying aggression, threatening, and insulting female prisoners.
Prohibited items, usually pills or needles, were planted in the cells of women who, in the administration's opinion, needed punishment, and Pyrkh then "found" them. She then took the prisoner to the penal department and filed a report.
Another form of psychological pressure was "fire safety drills," when Pyrkh would suddenly appear in the unit and demand that all prisoners "take out" their belongings in an organized manner within 10 minutes. If the prisoners failed to complete this task within the allotted time, the process would begin again.
Pyrkh would shout, insult, and humiliate the prisoners. If she didn't like something, she would force the entire unit to stand in the sun, rain, or cold for several hours, during which time they would be required to read the prison rules.
She often filed reports on political prisoners and demanded stricter conditions for them at commission meetings, including insisting on solitary confinement in place of a reprimand, deprivation of visits, parcel delivery, and so on at punishment commissions.
These actions directly indicate complicity with the Lukashenko regime's repressive policies against those who do not support the government and violate prisoners' rights to humane treatment.

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Alexandra Viachaslavauna Pulinovich
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In custody: 932 days
folder Categories of cases: Case «Black Nightingales», Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 12.02.2007
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The pro-government film (April 2024) said that six teenagers allegedly united in the “anarchist cell “Black Nightingales”, which” under the leadership of the National Liberation Army of Ukraine “was created by 16-year-old Ukrainian citizen Maria Misyuk.

ONT employees claim that the teenagers united to carry out sabotage on a tip in Belarus, and then in Russia. Maria is accused under Part 2 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). According to the story, 16-year-old Maria Misyuk moved with her family from Ukraine to Belarus in 2022, where she created an “anarchist cell for preparing terrorist attacks.” Among those detained are college students in Baranovichi, Nesvizh, Mir, Minsk and Luninets. These are Trofim Borisov, Sergei Zhigalev, Dmitry Zahoroshko, Anastasia Klimenko and Alexandra Pulinovich . According to ONT employees, young people gathered at the Baranovichi apartment to prepare for their first serious action - to collect explosives and blow up the Baranovichi police department or prosecutor's office. It is unknown under what charges the remaining five participants are accused. As well as their status and location are unknown.

Trial outcome date unknown
10 years 3 months of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 09.02.2026
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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In custody: 237 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 19.01.1984
Number of children: 1 child
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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It has become known that Elena's regime has been changed and she is now in a penal colony.

Photos from the protests found on her phone served as the pretext for her arrest. Elena's business was also destroyed.

According to the testimony of former political prisoners, Elena's sentence is approximately 2 years.

It is known that Elena began taking antidepressants while still in pretrial detention. Initially, she received no letters from her family, no money transfers, and no packages. She has a son; he was 10 years old at the beginning of 2026.

Trial outcome 22.04.2024
unknown years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial date unknown
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Zhanna Petrovna Bessonova
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In custody: ~781 day
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 1966
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was sentenced in the Zavodskoy District Court of Minsk to imprisonment under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them) and Part 4 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code (fraud). The case was considered from April 12 to October 30, 2024, at least 83 hearings were held. The circumstances of the case, as well as the verdict, are unknown. Along with Zhanna, 7 more people were convicted .

Trial outcome 30.10.2024
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Tatiana Alexandrovna Shinkevich
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In custody: 1012 days
folder Categories of cases: Black Book of Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 09.02.1983
Number of children: 2 children
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Tatyana was sentenced to more than six years in prison; the exact term is unknown.

Trial outcome 25.03.2024
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 14.06.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Marina Vladimirovna Leonovich
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In custody: ~1053 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus, Donate, Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 08.12.1995
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Marina is a Belarusian-speaking IT specialist from EPAM who is also involved in creative work. She writes articles for the Belarusian Wikipedia, makes illustrations, translates into Belarusian, and writes poetry. After the start of full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine, she moved to Georgia, but then returned to Belarus for unknown reasons. Soon after, she was detained as part of a criminal case and convicted under the articles “financing extremist activity” and “financing or other financial support of war.”

Trial outcome 14.01.2025
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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In custody: ~935 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.04.1979
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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According to a pro-government Telegram channel, she was detained along with her son for participating in protests in 2020. On March 6, 2024, she was convicted under an administrative article ( Article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus - Petty hooliganism). After that, she was charged under criminal articles.

Trial outcome 17.12.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 25.02.2025
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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In custody: 1083 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 06.02.1984
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Forensic expert.

On February 27, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.

Trial outcome 29.12.2023:

3 years imprisonment in a general regime colony

After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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In custody: ~1107 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Pinsk
Date of birth: 11.12.1981
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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On February 21, 2024, in the Pinsk District Court, Judge Andrey Bychilo considered the case under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Distribution of information products included in the republican list of extremist materials, as well as the production, publication, storage or transportation for the purpose of distributing such information products).

Apparently, a criminal case was opened after this.

Trial outcome 08.02.2024
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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In custody: ~926 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Grabovka
Date of birth: 25.02.1975
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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He was detained along with his entire family (husband, daughter, son) on suspicion of “treason.” The daughter was apparently later released. The details of the case are unknown.

She worked as a nurse at Gomel City Clinical Hospital No. 3. Larisa Prokhorova is a completely non-public person. She was born in 1975 in Grabovka, where she lived all her life.

Participants in a closed process have non-disclosure agreements. It is known from an unofficial source that the criminal case concerns photographing various objects on the territory of Belarus, and the persons involved in the case were monitored by special services for some time before their arrest.

The Prokhorov family lived for a long time in the village of Grabovka, Gomel region. At the time of their arrest, they lived in the village of Uza, Gomel region, where they moved two years ago.

Trial outcome 20.06.2024
8 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 30.08.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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In custody: 1083 days
folder Categories of cases: Donate, Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 18.09.1996
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Detained for donations. Was awarded in the category “Best Graduate of BSU” 2018. After her arrest, Ksenia was kept in the KGB pre-trial detention center for several months, after which she was transferred to pre-trial detention center-1, and then to pre-trial detention center-3.

On June 4, 2024, Ksenia’s appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 16.02.2024:

5 years imprisonment in a general regime colony

After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Anna Vladimirovna Strazhevich
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In custody: 1014 days
folder Categories of cases: Solidarity
Hometown: Gruzdovo
Date of birth: 12.03.1965
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Anna was detained on December 18, 2023. After 72 hours, she was still not released. Preliminary, a criminal case was opened for insulting Lukashenko and a police officer.

Anna was convicted of several criminal charges, including "assistance to extremist activity," and sentenced to imprisonment and a large fine. The trial was held behind closed doors.

Presumably, one of the reasons for the persecution was her solidarity with political prisoners - it is known that Anna actively wrote letters to them.

 

Trial outcome 05.12.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 550 basic values fine.
Appeal 14.03.2025
the sentence was upheld.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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In custody: ~1081 day
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 15.11.1990
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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It is known that the woman was detained when she returned from Italy.

On March 15, 2024, the appeal was considered.

Trial outcome 26.12.2023
4 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 15.03.2024
unknown.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Nadezhda Anatolievna Laptenok
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In custody: 1235 days
Hometown: Novyy Sverzhen
Date of birth: 24.08.1972
Number of children: 3 children
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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It is known that Nadezhda has two adult daughters and a minor son with disabilities.

On March 1, 2024, the appeal was considered and the verdict came into force.

Trial outcome 21.12.2023:

6 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions

After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Catherine Nikolaevna Novikov
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Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 26.08.1985
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Presumably detained for giving interviews to foreign media.

It is known that Ekaterina was detained at the beginning of summer in one nightie, in which she was kept in a pre-trial detention center until the first transfer from her relatives.

At the beginning of April 2024, Belsat sources gave the editors a letter from Ekaterina. On a piece of toilet paper, she described her horrific detention and subsequent imprisonment:

“I fell from the second floor of the bed, my head on a wooden bench. They took a picture, but they haven’t reported the result for more than a month.”

“They put it on the flag, beat the whole office. They said it was for my interviews, the channel and for my fiery appeals.”

On July 16, 2024, the appeal was considered.

Trial outcome 12.03.2024:

6.5 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.

After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Anna Valentinovna Korneenko
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In custody: ~1351 day
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 08.12.1985
Number of children: 2 children
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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A former accountant at the Vavilov Minsk Electrotechnical Plant . The trial began on May 19 and was held behind closed doors, so little information about the charges is available. It is known that Anna was fired from her job following the "People's Ultimatum" in 2020, and then sued the company for wrongful dismissal.

Anna's youngest child was only 5 months old when she was detained.

Trial outcome 24.05.2023
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
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