An operative at Correctional Colony No. 4 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Investigative Department for the Gomel Region and the city of Gomel.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Yaroslav Alekseevich Goncharov is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions, which included the detention and abuse of thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders, and activists. He is also an accomplice to the abuse of political prisoners at the women's penal colony Correctional Colony No. 4.
An operative at Correctional Colony No. 4 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Investigative Department for the Gomel Region and the city of Gomel.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Yaroslav Alekseevich Goncharov is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions, which included the detention and abuse of thousands of peaceful protesters, several hundred journalists, human rights defenders, and activists. He is also an accomplice to the abuse of political prisoners at the women's penal colony Correctional Colony No. 4.
Natalia was convicted in August 2023 in a criminal case opened under the articles "organizing group actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" 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.
Trial outcome 31.08.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
January 2023 security officials drew attention to the pages of the pensioner in social networks: there they found subscriptions to “extremist” information resources, reposts from them, as well as images of white-red-white flags and “chase”, caricatures of Lukashenko and Putin reprinted from various sources. The woman's home was searched and her mobile phone was confiscated.
Trial outcome 30.08.2023
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
On October 13, 2023, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
It is known that Irina’s mother is disabled 2 degrees, musculoskeletal system, pensioner, 75 years old. Doesn't leave the house. The sister is on long-term sick leave after spinal surgery.
Trial outcome 03.08.2023
2 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Natalia was detained upon her return to Belarus and convicted of “participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” and “calls for sanctions.” Her Telegram account was linked to a personal Belarusian number, so she could be found through her comments.
The wife of Anatoly Anatolyevich Bogovik, former executive director of Belarusbank. They were detained for participating in the 2020 protests and charged with participating in the 2020 protests.
On 20.10.2023, the appeal was heard. The verdict came into force.
The Bogoviks have two children to support.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in 2025.
Trial outcome 09.08.2023
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Daughter of journalist Dmitry Lupach. On May 3, she was sentenced to 24 hours for distributing so-called extremist materials on social networks and instant messengers. After that, she had another trial, during which the girl was also given a 25-basic fine for this. After which Svetlana was transferred to pre-trial detention center-2, she is charged with a criminal offense for participating in protests.
On January 05, 2024, the appeal was considered. The verdict came into force.
Released in July 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Svetlana was first convicted under an administrative article for “distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activities or promoting such activities,” after which a criminal case was opened against her for insulting A.G. Lukashenko.
According to the materials of the prosecution in the criminal case, Svetlana on her page in Odnoklassniki allegedly “placed a publication and video with a screensaver containing deliberately false information about Alexander Lukashenko, associated with accusing him of committing especially serious crimes, such as “murder”, “treason” state”, which do not correspond to reality and discredit its authority in the eyes of the public."
According to human rights activists, she will be released in early spring 2024 after fully serving her sentence.
Trial outcome 17.08.2023:
1 year imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions
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