Natalia Mikhailovna Tretyakov
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Natalia Mikhailovna Tretyakov
Natalya Mikhailovna Tretyakova is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus.
Tretyakova is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Vitebsk District Court, she makes politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. In judicial practice, Natalya Mikhailovna Tretyakova considers not only administrative cases, but also criminal ones. As a result of her decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
On January 15, 2022, Tretyakova sentenced 68-year-old Alexander Potapov, a pensioner with heart disease, to two years in a general regime colony for comments on the Odnoklassniki social network that he left after his daughter died as a result of Russian troops shelling the city of Kyiv , and a minor niece lost her leg.
Natalya Tretyakova also sentenced 50-year-old Tatyana Turovets to three years of restriction of freedom in an open-type institution for “violence and threats of violence towards police officers.” Four internal affairs officers were recognized as victims.
Thus, Natalya Mikhailovna Tretyakova is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Tretyakova’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
Natalya Mikhailovna Tretyakova is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus.
Tretyakova is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Vitebsk District Court, she makes politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. In judicial practice, Natalya Mikhailovna Tretyakova considers not only administrative cases, but also criminal ones. As a result of her decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
On January 15, 2022, Tretyakova sentenced 68-year-old Alexander Potapov, a pensioner with heart disease, to two years in a general regime colony for comments on the Odnoklassniki social network that he left after his daughter died as a result of Russian troops shelling the city of Kyiv , and a minor niece lost her leg.
Natalya Tretyakova also sentenced 50-year-old Tatyana Turovets to three years of restriction of freedom in an open-type institution for “violence and threats of violence towards police officers.” Four internal affairs officers were recognized as victims.
Thus, Natalya Mikhailovna Tretyakova is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. Her work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Tretyakova’s actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.
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An anarchist activist was detained while crossing the Belarusian border on the night of October 28-29, 2020 and accused of “arson” and “terrorism.”
In September 2022, a new criminal case was opened against Dmitry and he was sentenced to five years in prison. Taking into account the previous sentence, he was finally sentenced to 20 years in a maximum security penal colony.
In August 2023, Dmitry was transferred to prison regime for “violating the rules of the order.”
According to the indictment, on the night of February 9-10, 2021, Tatyana obstructed the lawful activities of police officers, namely, a search of her home. According to the officers, during her arrest, Tatyana bit the finger of one of the officers, bit through the glove of another, and kicked a third officer in the head. They also claimed that the woman called them "bandits," "fascists," and "punishers."
In May 2021, Tatyana was found guilty of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer" and sentenced to a restricted sentence in an open correctional facility.
Left Belarus before starting to serve her sentence.
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 with serving the sentence in a penal colony.
On July 14, 2021, Andrei was convicted of three counts of insulting government officials, judges, and Lukashenko. The charges included statements made against Nikolai Karpenkov, Lidiya Yermoshina, Alina Kasyanchik, Vadim Denisenko, Viktor Stashenko, as well as judges Marina Zapasnik and Natalia Buguk.
According to human rights activists, Andrei was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence imposed by the court.
In February 2024, it became known that he was being tried again, this time on charges of “extremism.”
Dmitry, deputy chairman of the board of Belgazprombank, was detained as part of the Babariko case and convicted in July 2021 under the article “accepting a bribe.”
On February 9, 2024, the Vitebsk District Court heard a case on replacing the unserved portion of the sentence with imprisonment, and on February 20, Dmitry was released from the colony.