Natalia Mikhailovna Tretyakov

Number of repressed:

4

Administrative cases:

2

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.