Elena Dmitrievna Pyrkh
Elena Dmitrievna Pyrkh
Number of repressed: 362
Date of birth: 4 january 1978
Categories: Overseers

Pyrkh Elena Dmitrievna participated in the persecution of political prisoners. All provocations by the administration of the correctional facility took place under her control. She was present at all searches in the cells of political prisoners, while displaying aggression, threatening and insulting female prisoners. Forbidden objects, usually pills or needles, were planted in the cells of women who, in the opinion of the administration, needed to be punished, which Pyrkh then "found". After that, she took the prisoner to the regime department and wrote a report. Another form of psychological pressure was "fire safety drills", when Pyrkh suddenly came to the detachment and demanded that all prisoners "take out" their things in an organized manner within 10 minutes. If the prisoners did not manage to complete this task within the specified time, everything started over again. Pyrkh shouted, insulted and humiliated the prisoners. If she didn't like something, she could make the entire unit stand in the sun, rain or cold for several hours, during which time people had to read the internal regulations. She often wrote reports on political prisoners, demanded that the regime for them be strengthened at commissions, including at commissions on penalties, insisted on placing them in a punishment cell instead of a reprimand, deprivation of a visit, a parcel, and so on. These actions directly indicate assistance to the repressive policy of the Lukashenko regime in relation to those who do not support the government and violate the rights of prisoners to humane treatment.

Pyrkh Elena Dmitrievna participated in the persecution of political prisoners. All provocations by the administration of the correctional facility took place under her control. She was present at all searches in the cells of political prisoners, while displaying aggression, threatening and insulting female prisoners. Forbidden objects, usually pills or needles, were planted in the cells of women who, in the opinion of the administration, needed to be punished, which Pyrkh then "found". After that, she took the prisoner to the regime department and wrote a report. Another form of psychological pressure was "fire safety drills", when Pyrkh suddenly came to the detachment and demanded that all prisoners "take out" their things in an organized manner within 10 minutes. If the prisoners did not manage to complete this task within the specified time, everything started over again. Pyrkh shouted, insulted and humiliated the prisoners. If she didn't like something, she could make the entire unit stand in the sun, rain or cold for several hours, during which time people had to read the internal regulations. She often wrote reports on political prisoners, demanded that the regime for them be strengthened at commissions, including at commissions on penalties, insisted on placing them in a punishment cell instead of a reprimand, deprivation of a visit, a parcel, and so on. These actions directly indicate assistance to the repressive policy of the Lukashenko regime in relation to those who do not support the government and violate the rights of prisoners to humane treatment.

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Anastasia Leonidovna Goncharevich
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In custody: ~946 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 24.04.1978
Number of children: 3 children
Guardian: Nadzeja Nortan
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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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.

Trial outcome 26.10.2022
4 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 06.01.2023
the sentence was upheld.
Julia Ivanovna Mudrevskaya
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In custody: 494 days
folder Categories of cases: Journalistic work
Hometown: Mirnyy
Date of birth: 13.04.1980
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She is a Journalist, editor-in-chief ABW.by.

She was detained for participating in protest actions 2020.

Trial outcome 19.09.2022:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 442 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 06.12.1979
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was detained along with her husband for participating in protests in 2020. Released September 1, 2023.

Trial outcome 18.10.2022:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Danuta Sergeevna Peredny
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In custody: ~1018 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war campaigns
Hometown: Kirawsk
Date of birth: 26.01.2002
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She is a Student of «Mogilev State University Kuleshov's name».

According to the prosecution, the girl reposted a publication in the chat criticizing the actions of Putin and Lukashenko with calls to go outside if the Belarusian army enters the war.

Trial outcome 01.07.2022
6 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Appeal 11.10.2022
reversal of the decision of the court of first instance.
Trial outcome 22.11.2022
6 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~661 day
Hometown: Baranovichi
Date of birth: 09.07.1974
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Convicted for comments in a telegram chat, there were 4 episodes in the case.

Trial outcome 10.06.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 200 basic values fine, 4000 rubles of compensation.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 858 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 06.11.1992
Family members: Viktor Igorevich Novikov
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Olga Novikova and her husband Viktor were sentenced to imprisonment for participating in protests in 2020 (Article 342 of the Criminal Code). It is noteworthy that her 35-year-old husband Viktor Novikov was also released on pardon, but on July 3.

Trial outcome 07.06.2022:

3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

Yanina Stepanovna Malash
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In custody: 403 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 22.06.1982
Number of children: 1 child
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Activist of the Free Trade Union of Metal Workers.

Detained for participating in protests.

On May 27, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.

Trial outcome 15.11.2022:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 316 days
Hometown: Zaozernyy
Date of birth: 01.09.1978
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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On February 16, 2022, Natalya Malets was detained in Grodno. She was detained along with her daughter. As the latter said, when Natalya refused to provide her phone to the security forces, they took her by the hair with the words β€œYou still don’t understand who is in power here?”.

On December 28, 2022, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.

Trial outcome:

1 year in prison

Yana Vladimirovna Zhuravlyova
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In custody: ~1009 days
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 26.09.1996
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Veterinarian.

After serving her administrative arrest, she was detained on criminal charges; on April 4, 2022, she was convicted of participating in seven Sunday Marches over the course of two months from August 23 to October 25, 2020.

The girl admitted her guilt in court and that she actually took part in them.

On August 28, 2024, she was released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 04.04.2022
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~958 days
folder Categories of cases: Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 10.07.2003
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The first time she was detained for participating in protest actions.

She was detained again on September 23, 2022 while trying to cross the Belarusian-Lithuanian border.

He is on trial together with Egorov Kuzin and Nikolai Kuleshov about illegal border crossing.

Trial outcome 30.06.2022
2 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Trial outcome 05.04.2023
3 years 6 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 100 basic values fine.
Appeal 24.07.2023
unknown.
Former political prisoners
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In custody: 801 day
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 30.10.1995
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The case was opened for burning an effigy of Lukashenko and participating in marches.

On April 13, 2024, she was released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

Trial outcome 08.09.2022:

2,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Anna Fedorovna Kiseleva
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In custody: 436 days
Hometown: Mogilev
Date of birth: 24.10.1977
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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The case was opened for burning an scarecrow of Lukashenko.

Anna is an artist who is fond of different directions. She loves poetry and embroidery. “Creative, freedom-loving, with a great sense of humor,” this is how her friends describe her. Before her arrest, she worked as a designer in a private printing house.

On April 14, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.

Trial outcome 15.09.2022:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: ~304 days
Hometown: Minsk
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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She was sentenced to restriction of freedom without referral, but after some time the regime was tightened to imprisonment and Daria was sent to serve her sentence in a penal colony.

According to human rights activists, she was released in June 2023, having fully served her sentence as assigned by the court.

Former political prisoners
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In custody: 445 days
folder Categories of cases: Anti-war actions
Hometown: Brest
Date of birth: 08.08.1965
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Arrested for graffiti and black and white ribbons.

On May 29, 2023, she was released after the expiration of her sentence.

Trial outcome:

1,5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

Alesya Anatolievna Bunevich
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In custody: 760 days
folder Categories of cases: Rail guerrillas, Return to Belarus
Hometown: Minsk
Date of birth: 08.09.1989
Was in: IK-4IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
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Director of the Vilna printing house.

She was detained on April 4, 2022 in the case of «railway partisans», after she came from Lithuania to Belarus for the anniversary of her mother's death.

The propaganda film on «BT» shows a piece of Alesya's interrogation, where she tells how she bought Lithuanian SIM cards a few days before her trip to Belarus, shows where she hid them on the territory of the country, how she filmed everything to send to her curator in Lithuania. And also that she had to send young people when they arrived at the border. Finally, she was charged under Part 3 of Article 371 of the Criminal Code - intentional illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Belarus committed by an organized group.

05/03/2024 released after fully serving the sentence imposed by the court.

14.05.2022 As of May 10, 2022, she received only three letters from her son, although dozens of letters and postcards were sent by friends and relatives.

Trial outcome 18.11.2022:

3.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

The sentence was reduced by a year due to an amnesty.

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