Denis Anatolyevich Tolstoystenkov
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Denis Anatolyevich Tolstenkov is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions.
According to his decree, political prisoners were unreasonably restricted in their rights in penal colony No. 4.
Tolstenkov exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. Insulted them, humiliated them on the basis of gender, wished for their death. Prevented them from receiving parcels and communicating with lawyers. He drew up reports on far-fetched grounds, and then held commissions to determine punishment.
Accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belarus. Denis Anatolyevich Tolstenkov is an employee of law enforcement agencies involved in politically motivated repressions.
According to his decree, political prisoners were unreasonably restricted in their rights in penal colony No. 4.
Tolstenkov exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. Insulted them, humiliated them on the basis of gender, wished for their death. Prevented them from receiving parcels and communicating with lawyers. He drew up reports on far-fetched grounds, and then held commissions to determine punishment.
List of repressed
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Postgraduate student and software engineer at Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. Detained for participating in protests. Victoria had 5 episodes in the accusation.
On May 12, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
1 year of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
- Associations
- Activists
- Lawyers
Antonina is a lawyer and a graduate of the Belarusian State University. She worked as a legal adviser, notary, and chief specialist at the Ministry of Justice. Since 2002, she has been a member of the United Civil Party, serving on its executive committee and chairing the National Committee's Legal Affairs Commission for two years. In 2012, she was elected deputy chair of the party, a position she later resigned from.
Antonina was detained on July 27, 2022, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
According to the indictment, on August 23, 2020, she "publicly shouted slogans, loudly applauded, and stood on the roadway, thereby blocking and impeding the movement of public transport in Minsk, including the Minsktrans public transport system."
In November 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
In April 2023, Antonina was released, having fully served her court-appointed sentence.
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- Activists
- Politicians
Oksana is the chairperson of the Minsk city branch of the United Civil Party. She was arrested on July 27, 2022, as part of a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
According to the indictment, on August 23, 2020, Oksana "publicly shouted slogans, loudly applauded, and was on the roadway, thereby blocking and impeding the movement of public transport in Minsk, including the Minsktrans public transport system."
In November 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment.
In October 2023, Oksana was released, having fully served her sentence imposed by the court.
74 year old Natalia was accused and found guilty of slander and insulting A.G. Lukashenko, as well as insulting an public officer on duty. Details of the criminal process are unknown. The court was closed.
It is only known that before the verdict of the court, the woman was on recognizance. Natalia Taran was taken into custody right in the courtroom.
3,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Convicted for comments on the BGM telegram channel.
In March 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.
1 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
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- Foreign citizens
- IT staff
Epam employee.
Ekaterina returned from Lithuania, where she left in February 2022.
She was detained along with her sister Yulia Glinskaya in Minsk, where Ekaterina returned to get the cat. The detention was carried out by the GUBOPik; the girls were captured as they walked to their car. The apartment was then searched.
She was released on May 2, 2024, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
Galina was accused of having arrived from Minsk to Mogilev on February 18, 2022, where she pasted texts and images with obviously unreliable evidence at public transport stops, humiliating the honor and dignity of the head of state, coupled with an accusation of a particularly serious crime.
25.05.2024, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
- Associations
- Factory workers
Operator at "BOBRUISCTRICOTAZH". Accused of sabotaging the railway near Bobruisk stations, as well as setting fire to the shooting range of military unit 5527.
Before the trial, she was under recognizance not to leave.
On October 25, 2022, the appeal was considered and the verdict entered into force.
According to human rights activists, she should be released in July 2024.
2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
According to the indictment, Anna posted offensive comments about Lukashenko A.G. and other government officials and law enforcement officials in several Telegram channels throughout 2021. On July 10, 2023, Anna will be tried again under the article for "insult".
In June 2023, Kondratenko was returned from the Gomel women's penal colony IK-4 to the Mogilev prison to stand trial for a second criminal case. This time, she was charged with a comment on the Telegram channel "Punishermen of Belarus" regarding Andrei Bagrayonok, a traffic police inspector of the Svetlogorsk District Department of Internal Affairs. The post about him appeared on September 27, 2021, and Kondratenko left a comment on September 28.
Anna's second sentence was 1 year of imprisonment and a fine of 50 basic units.
By absorbing a less severe punishment with a more severe one, Kondratenko was left with the same term of 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. In both criminal cases, the woman now owes the state more than 5 thousand Belarusian rubles.
The woman died six months after her release from cancer, which she had been diagnosed with in the colony in Gomel. According to former political prisoners , Anna did not receive any parcels or packages. "Her mother is elderly, retired, it was hard for her, so we thought about how to help her ourselves." Despite her serious illness, Kondratenko was not released early. Moreover, the woman was taken from the colony to a pretrial detention center again and tried again under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
The trial was held behind closed doors.
She was convicted of insulting Lukashenko.
The court also decided to send the woman to compulsory treatment for alcoholism.
According to human rights activists, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
After two administrative arrests, she was not released, but was re-detained in a criminal case under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
In September 2023, she was released upon expiration of her sentence.
1, 5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.
Detained for participating in protests.
On March 26, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.
2.5 years of imprisonment.
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- Parents of minors
She was detained in the morning when she was going to go to work with her husband. Accused of participating in protests. The trial was held behind closed doors.
The family has three children.
Katerina is accused of writing comments insulting representatives of the authorities in telegram channels. She was detained on June 23, 2022.
It is known that in August 2022, a trial in the case of a political prisoner took place.
- Associations
- Journalists
She is a Journalist, editor-in-chief ABW.by.
She was detained for participating in protest actions 2020.
1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
