Tatiana Vladimirovna Okovitaja

Number of repressed:

31

Administrative cases:

2

Birthday:

4 april 1988

Tatyana Vladimirovna Okovitaya is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Okovitaia is responsible for handing down numerous politically motivated sentences against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters as a judge in the Central District Court of Minsk. In judicial practice, Tatyana Vladimirovna Okovitaya considers not only administrative cases, but also criminal ones. As a result of its decisions, fines for a total of no less than 30,932 rubles and administrative arrests for a total of no less than 587 days have already been issued, and representatives of civil society of the Republic of Belarus have also been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. In particular, Tatyana Okovitaya sentenced Dmitry Ushatsky to two years of restriction of freedom under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for commenting in a telegram chat about the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Olga Chemodanova. In December 2020, by her decision, she left tut.by journalist Katerina Borisevich in custody in a pre-trial detention center, despite the latter having a minor child. In February 2022, she took part in mass trials of participants in peaceful protests against the military invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. In particular, she sentenced Minsk university students to administrative arrest for a period of 13 to 15 days. Thus, Okovitaya Tatyana Vladimirovna is responsible for human rights violations and undermining 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. Okovita's actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.