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Anna Korneenko

Belarusian Anna Korneenko was sentenced to five years in prison. Previously, the woman worked as an accountant at Minsk Electrotechnical Plant. It is known that Anna was fired after the “People’s ultimatum” in 2020. She tried to challenge the dismissal in court.

Marina Sankevich

Belarusian Marina Sankevich was sentenced to seven years in prison for comments in the Telegram channels, which the Belarusian authorities called “banned. The girl was accused of insulting Lukashenko, inciting hatred and organizing mass riots. The content of the comments remained unknown.

Alina Goreva

Alina Goreva was detained on the day when she received her diploma of geodesist at the graduation ceremony at the Barysau branch of BNTU. Three days later she was called an ambulance to the police station, but was not hospitalized. Then the girl was transferred to the pre-trial detention center, where she developed pyelonephritis and …

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Irena Klevets

Minsk resident Irena Klevets has two children. The woman is charged with four criminal articles. Irena is a specialist of Minsk City Agency for State Registration and Land Cadastre. She was detained in the summer of 2022. According to human rights activists, the case of Minsk woman is connected with the “Black Book of Belarus,” …

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Katerina Jig

Minsk resident Ekaterina Dzhig is charged under three articles of the criminal code for comments. She faces imprisonment. Katerina is 52 years old, she is a widow. She has four children, one minor, as well as her daughter Katerina has the second group of disability.

Polina Pochapskaya

Belarusian Polina Pochapskaya is a resident of Dzerzhinsk, who was sentenced to 2.5 years of “home chemistry” for participation in protests. Polina was put on the list of persons involved in extremist activities.

Nadezhda Starovoitova

Nadezhda Starovoitova is a philologist and teacher at the Belarusian State University of Economics and one of the best experts of the Belarusian language in the country. She worked with both Belarusian and foreign students, in particular, with Chinese students, to whom she taught the Belarusian language. Nadezhda was detained for participation in rallies. She …

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Olga Britikova

Belarusian Olga Britikova became famous in August 2020, when she literally cornered the law enforcers, who came to the factory “Naftan” to talk to the workers. At that time, the Naftan workers demanded an investigation into the violence of the law enforcers and a new presidential election.  Britikova was the head of Naftan’s petroleum products …

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Larisa Kuzmenko

Larisa Mikhailovna Kuzmenka is a resident of Homel, a former employee of the enterprise “Homeloboyi”. She was convicted for alleged violence or threat of violence to law enforcers. Earlier, Larisa was detained for singing the official anthem of the Republic of Belarus. After a night in the detention center and the trial, her nervous system …

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Anna Skrigan

Belarusian political prisoner Anna Skrigan is a candidate of geography, former head of Mahiliou branch of the international association “Ecoproject”. Anna was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. The woman participated in environmental discussions and “burned” with the idea to improve the ecological situation in Mahiliou.   “Low ecological culture reaches sometimes to …

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