Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
Number of repressed: 292
Date of birth: 12 december 1984
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An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Stanislav Sergeyevich Kovalev is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repression.
Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. For a long time, he served as the colony's deputy warden for security and operational work. In August 2024, he became the warden of Penal Colony No. 4 and received the rank of colonel.
He exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. He ordered the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care, and cruelly treat political prisoners. He was involved in filing reports of violations on trumped-up grounds, with the aim of sending them to solitary confinement or depriving them of food parcels. He made monthly decisions on sending political prisoners to solitary confinement, including Veronika Kazak, Yulia Yurgelevich, Nastya Kukhta, Natalya Matveyeva, Nasta Loyko, Natalya Dulina, Maria Kolesnikova, Lyudmila Chekina, Olga Radionova, 70-year-old Irina Merkhel, and many others. He also ordered human rights activist Nasta Loyko to be sent to a punishment cell for the maximum sentence (after six months).

An accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of Belarusian citizens. Stanislav Sergeyevich Kovalev is a law enforcement officer involved in politically motivated repression.
Guilty of using violence and creating inappropriate conditions for political prisoners at Penal Colony No. 4 in Gomel. For a long time, he served as the colony's deputy warden for security and operational work. In August 2024, he became the warden of Penal Colony No. 4 and received the rank of colonel.
He exerted psychological pressure on women convicted for political reasons. He ordered the colony's operational staff to isolate, deny medical care, and cruelly treat political prisoners. He was involved in filing reports of violations on trumped-up grounds, with the aim of sending them to solitary confinement or depriving them of food parcels. He made monthly decisions on sending political prisoners to solitary confinement, including Veronika Kazak, Yulia Yurgelevich, Nastya Kukhta, Natalya Matveyeva, Nasta Loyko, Natalya Dulina, Maria Kolesnikova, Lyudmila Chekina, Olga Radionova, 70-year-old Irina Merkhel, and many others. He also ordered human rights activist Nasta Loyko to be sent to a punishment cell for the maximum sentence (after six months).

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In custody: 1326 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Ruzhany
Date of birth: 05.04.1993
Address for letters: SIZO-6, Baranovichi, Brestskaya ul. 258 B, 225413
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Alexandra was detained in February 2023 upon her return to Belarus and sentenced the next day under an administrative article for "dissemination of extremist materials" to 10 days. However, after serving her arrest, she was never released, as a criminal case was opened against her for two interviews with an information resource recognized as an "extremist group."

She was accused of assisting “extremist groups,” administering Telegram channels, inciting hatred, insulting the authorities, disseminating personal data, and slandering Lukashenko, and was convicted under eight criminal articles.

In March 2024, the court heard the appeal and reduced her sentence by one year, without the right to further appeal.

In May 2024, it became known that she was convicted again for “insulting a government official and a judge.”

In the spring of 2025, information appeared that another criminal case had been opened against Alexandra, and she was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.

Trial outcome 19.12.2023
10 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 21.03.2024
9 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Trial outcome 31.05.2024
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, 100 basic values fine.
Final verdict by partial addition:
9 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
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.
Olga Igorevna Britikova
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In custody: ~1153 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Navapolatsk
Date of birth: 04.11.1971
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Leader of the independent trade union "Naftan". Olga worked at the enterprise for 16 years and was fired because of her position. In May 2022, she was released after 75 days of arrest for speaking out against the war. She was detained on November 1 again under an administrative article.

Two days later, the court found her guilty of distributing "extremist materials" and sentenced her to 15 days in jail. On November 11, she was sentenced again to 15 days for "an unauthorized picket." The reason for the trial was a drawing with the inscription "No to war," which Olga published on social networks.
On November 21, 2022, it became known that Olga was transferred to a pre-trial detention center in Vitebsk.

In less than 2022, Britikova spent 105 days behind bars, including 75 days in a row in the spring.

She was detained again under Article 361, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus in August 2023. However, in the spring of 2024, Olga was tried under Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

On June 11, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.

On August 20, 2024, another closed trial was held over Olga. Yevgeny Burunov was appointed to hear her case in the Vitebsk Regional Court. The political prisoner is accused under three articles. It is known that Olga was given another three years in prison.

On December 20, 2024, the Supreme Court heard the appeal. Chairman of the Judicial Collegium Vladimir Davydov. According to the decision of the Collegium, Olga's second sentence was reduced by 1 year. Thus, the total term of the political prisoner is 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. As of early January 2025, Olga was in a pre-trial detention center, but at the end of the month she was transferred to Correctional Colony No. 4.

Trial outcome 08.04.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.06.2024
unknown.
Trial outcome 20.08.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 20.12.2024
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.
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In custody: 2035 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 29.07.1967
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Detained in the case of A. Hralovich. The details of the case are unknown, since the trial took place in closed mode, and the criminal case itself is classified as secret.

Details of the convict's detention are known from the propaganda film «Operation KGB «Mankurty»», which Television News Agency showed in 2021.

It is known that Olga was held for a year in the pre-trial detention center of the State Security Committee, where she was on a hunger strike. Then she was transferred to the pre-trial detention center-1.

«She was completely gray-haired. She was on hunger strike for a long time — she was even fed through the veins on her hands, so they were swollen like forest driftwood».

She began serving her sentence.

Trial outcome 26.10.2022:

7,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

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.
Julia Petrovna Yurgilevich
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In custody: 1489 days
folder Categories of cases: Return to Belarus
Hometown: Hrodna
Date of birth: 01.09.1980
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She worked as a lawyer for almost 18 years.

She defended political prisoners Ales Pushkin, Artem Boyarsky, Igor Banzer, Andrei Avsievich, Andrei Sokolovsky in court.

On February 23, 2022, she was expelled from the Grodno Regional Bar Association for systematic violations of the law. Yulia left Belarus, but returned to the country at the end of August 2022.

She was detained on the same day together with Pavel Mozheyko

Pavel and Yulia pleaded not guilty. Yurgilevich stated at the trial that she was being held in "bestial conditions" and was not allowed to get acquainted with the case.

Trial outcome 26.07.2023:

6 years of imprisonment in a penal 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.
Natalya Nikolaevna Lasch
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In custody: 1502 days
folder Categories of cases: Black Book of Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 23.04.1993
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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A 2nd class lawyer, a former employee of the prosecutor's office of the Frunzensky district of Minsk, worked for some time as an HR specialist in an IT company. Natalia is accused of leaking information to the Black Book of Belarus.

Trial outcome 01.03.2023
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 30.05.2023
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: 1461 day
folder Categories of cases: Black Book of Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 04.03.1982
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Tatyana is accused of allegedly sharing personal information with the Telegram channel "Black Book of Belarus."

On June 27, 2022, pro-government Telegram channels reported that the woman worked for a state-owned company and had access to the personal data of security officials.

She was under house arrest before the trial.

In July 2026, it was announced that Tatyana had been diagnosed with cancer. Furthermore, Tatyana suffers from severe back pain related to a previous compression fracture of the spine.

Trial outcome 27.09.2022:

6,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

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.
Svetlana Viktorovna Bychkovskaya
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In custody: 1620 days
Hometown: Beki
Date of birth: 22.08.1977
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The woman worked in the service «One-window» of the Oktyabrsky district of Minsk.

He is suspected of transferring personal data of law enforcement officers to telegram channels.

The trial was held behind closed doors.

Trial outcome 25.05.2023:

5. 5 years of imprisonment in a penal 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: ~1734 days
folder Categories of cases: Black Book of Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 03.03.1995
Family members: Inna Valeryeuna Hlinskaia
Guardian: Nasta Bazar
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Detained together with her mother.

The apartment was searched under Article 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Then the article of accusation was reclassified to Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

He is previously accused of distributing personal data of Interior Ministry employees.

Trial outcome 20.01.2023
6 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 28.04.2023
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: ~1734 days
folder Categories of cases: Black Book of Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 16.01.1975
Guardian: Nasta Bazar
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Detained together with her daughter.

The apartment was searched under Article 364 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Then the article of accusation was reclassified to Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

He is previously accused of distributing personal data of Interior Ministry employees.

Trial outcome 20.01.2023
7 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 28.04.2023
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: 1871 day
folder Categories of cases: The Gaidukevich Case
Hometown: Borisov
Date of birth: 18.09.1997
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Anastasia was detained in August 2021 as part of a criminal case initiated under the article “act of terrorism”, and in June 2023 she was convicted under several criminal articles.

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly preparing extremist crimes operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes and businessmen who sought to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of the house of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and the "organization of mass riots."

Trial outcome 21.06.2023
11 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 04.10.2023
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.
Volha Vaitsiakhovich
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In custody: 1871 day
folder Categories of cases: The Gaidukevich Case
Hometown: Borisov
Date of birth: 12.07.1974
Number of children: 1 child
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Olga was detained in August 2021 as part of a criminal case initiated under the article "act of terrorism" and convicted in June 2023 under several criminal articles.

According to the indictment, from July 2020 to January 2022, an "organized criminal group" allegedly preparing extremist crimes operated in Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine and other countries. It included radical military personnel, security officials, athletes and businessmen who sought to seize power illegally. This case is related to the attempted arson of the house of MP Oleg Gaidukevich in June 2021 and the "organization of mass riots."

Trial outcome 21.06.2023
11 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 04.10.2023
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: 1937 days
folder Categories of cases: Case of the Β«Civil Self-Defense UnitsΒ»
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 17.12.1983
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Natalia was arrested in June 2021 on suspicion of planning to set fire to logging equipment. The arrest took place in the evening right on the forestry farm grounds, where she allegedly arrived with her accomplice, Gordeyev, who was actually on assignment from state security agencies.

According to the prosecution, on the evening of June 8, 2021, Natalia and this man prepared Molotov cocktails, which they planned to use to set fire to the equipment. However, the crime was not completed—Natalia was detained before the arson could be committed.

In court, Natalia testified that she had found herself in a difficult situation: in August 2020, an acquaintance of hers was arrested, she had lost her father, and was experiencing difficulties at work. She also confirmed that she had indeed been a member of the "OGSB" chat group and had intended to destroy logging equipment at the forestry enterprise.

In December 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a large fine.

Trial outcome 05.12.2022
14 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 400 basic values fine.
Appeal 03.03.2023
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.
Irina Alexandrovna Melkher
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In custody: 2126 days
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 20.08.1955
Family members: Anton Ivanovich Melkher
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Irina was detained in December 2020 along with her son as part of the criminal "Avtukhovich case." The authorities called Nikolai Avtukhovich "the organizer and leader of a terrorist group." She was accused of participating in a "terrorist organization" involved in arson of police property. Irina was convicted of "participation in a criminal organization," "act of terrorism," "attempted seizure of power," and for participating in a protest that took place in September 2020 in Brest.

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Trial outcome 17.10.2022
17 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 700 basic values fine.
Appeal 31.03.2023
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.
Lyubov Alexandrovna Rezanovich
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In custody: 2126 days
folder Categories of cases: The Autukhovich Case
Hometown: Rubel
Date of birth: 11.11.1964
Address for letters: IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Lyubov, the wife of an Orthodox priest, was detained on December 1, 2020, along with her husband and son, as part of the criminal "Avtukhovich case." The authorities called Nikolai Avtukhovich "the organizer and leader of a terrorist group." According to the investigation, she helped Avtukhovich collect information about law enforcement officers and provided housing where the participants in the "case" stored weapons. Lyubov was convicted of "participation in a criminal organization," "act of terrorism," "attempted seizure of power," and "illegal actions in relation to firearms."

Trial outcome 17.10.2022
15 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 600 basic values fine.
Appeal 31.03.2023
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.
Volha Ryhorauna Stroyeva
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In custody: 378 days
Hometown: Gomel
Date of birth: 31.12.1959
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The woman ran her own business, selling fish delicacies and red and black caviar for over twenty years. She was forced to shut down due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Olga has two daughters. One lives in Asia, the other in Russia.

Olga loves animals and kept cats and dogs at home.

On September 16, 2026, she was released after a visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Lithuania.

Trial outcome 30.04.2026
unknown years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
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