Natalia Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya
Natalia Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya
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Natalia Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Protosovitskaya is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk, she passed politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society of the Republic of Belarus. In particular, she made decisions on the arrests of democratic activists during the 2006 election campaign. She also sentenced demonstrators in December 2010. In February 2011, she sentenced Grodno journalist Andrei Poczobut to 15 days of administrative arrest for participating in an unauthorized protest in the Belarusian capital on December 19, 2010. For her crimes she was included in the sanctions lists of EU countries Thus, Natalya Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya is responsible for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition.

Natalia Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Protosovitskaya is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk, she passed politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society of the Republic of Belarus. In particular, she made decisions on the arrests of democratic activists during the 2006 election campaign. She also sentenced demonstrators in December 2010. In February 2011, she sentenced Grodno journalist Andrei Poczobut to 15 days of administrative arrest for participating in an unauthorized protest in the Belarusian capital on December 19, 2010. For her crimes she was included in the sanctions lists of EU countries Thus, Natalya Vladimirovna Protosovitskaya is responsible for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition.

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Andrey Stanislavovich Pochobut
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In custody: 1806 days
folder Categories of cases: Journalistic work, The Union of Poles case
Hometown: Berestovica
Date of birth: 16.04.1973
Number of children: 1 child
Address for letters: IK No. 1, 211445, Novopolotsk, st. Technical, 8
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Andrei is a Grodno journalist, publicist and member of the Union of Poles in Belarus. In 2011, he was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment with a 2-year suspended sentence on charges of slandering Lukashenko. He was released in the courtroom on his own recognizance not to leave. In 2012, a new criminal case was opened against him for publications in the media, but in 2013 it was closed due to lack of evidence. In the autumn of the same year, he was released from serving his sentence in the first case.

On March 25, 2021, Andrei was detained again. He was accused of inciting hatred and calling for sanctions. The charges included articles about the 2020 Belarusian protests, the protection of the Polish minority, and publications about the USSR's attack on Poland in 1939. He spent more than 1.5 years in pretrial detention and was convicted in February 2023.

It is known that Andrey refused to write a petition for pardon. At present, he continues to be subjected to pressure, is deprived of visits and parcels. There are also no calls from him.

Trial outcome 05.07.2011
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (with a deferment 2 years).
Trial outcome 08.02.2023
8 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 26.05.2023
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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