Alena Karahachava

Member of the nomination group and a personal assistant to presidential nominee Viktar Babaryka

Date of detention: 1 Jul 2020

Charges indicted:

Art. 243 of the Criminal Code - Evasion of taxes and fees

Statement on the status of a political prisoner

Alena Karahachava

Alena Karahachava is a member of the nomination group and a personal assistant to presidential nominee Viktar Babaryka. She was arrested on July 1 by officers of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee and taken to the KGB jail.

Karahachava was charged under Part 2 of Art. 243 of the Criminal Code (tax evasion in a particularly large amount).

*On September 2, Karahachava was released on bail

Other political prisoners

Addresses of prisons:

Pre-trial detention center No. 1

220030, Minsk, vulica Valadarskaha 2
8 017 218-79-05

116 persons
Pre-trial detention center No. 7

224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37
8 017 218-79-01

53 persons
Pre-trial detention center No. 8

222163, Žodzina, vulica Savieckaja 22A

19 persons
Pre-trial detention center No. 6

225413, Baranavičy, vulica Bresckaja 258B

23 persons
Pre-trial detention center of KGB

220050, Minsk, Main Post Office, subscriber box 8

4 persons
Pre-trial detention center No. 3

246003, Homieĺ, vulica Knižnaja 1A

21 person
Prison No. 1

230023, Hrodna, vulica Kirava 1

9 persons
Prison No. 4

212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A

25 persons
Penal colony No. 17

213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8

13 persons
Penal colony No. 9

213410, Horki, vulica Dabraliubava 16

2 persons
Penal colony No. 2

213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

4 persons
Pre-trial detention center No. 2

210026, Viciebsk, vulica Haharyna 2

5 persons
Penal colony No. 1

211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

10 persons
Open correctional facility No. 49

213010, Škloŭ, vulica Maladziožnaja 2B

2 persons
Penal colony No. 3

211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

8 persons
Penal colony No. 15

213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

10 persons
Open correctional facility No. 39

222002, Krupki district, Krupki-2

2 persons
Open correctional facility No. 26

231724, Hrodna district, village Hinovičy, 1

2 persons
Open correctional facility No. 46

213188, Kruhlaje, vulica Savieckaja, 96

1 person
House arrest

1 person
Penal colony No. 13

211791, Hlubokaje, Saveckaja 205

3 persons
Open correctional facility No. 29

230415, Vaŭkavysk, vulica Rakasouskaha 118

3 persons
Open correctional facility No. 48

213765, Asipovičy, vulica Sumchanki 38

2 persons
Open correctional facility No. 43

212003, Mahilioŭ, vulica Čaliuskincaŭ 76a

3 persons
Penal colony No. 4

246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3

4 persons
Penal colony No. 22

225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20

6 persons
Open correctional facility No. 7

225136, Pružany district, Kuplina

2 persons
Open correctional facility No. 17

Homeil, vul. Barysenka, 13, building 2

3 persons
Open correctional facility No. 9

210034, Vitebsk, street 3rd Chepinskaya, 39

2 persons
Open correctional facility No. 45

225073, Brest region, Kamenetsky district, Sushki

3 persons
Open correctional facility No. 6

225889, Brest region, Kobrin district, Lushchyky

1 person
Scientific And Practical Center For Mental Health

220053, Minsk, Daŭhinaŭski trakt 152

1 person
Open correctional facility No. 21

247760, Mazyr, buĺvar Junasci, 24

2 persons
Penal colony No. 11. 231900, Volkovysk, Rokossovsky str., 118

1 person
Juvenile penal colony No. 2

213800, Babrujsk, vulica Hienierala Batava, 4

1 person
Open correctional facility No. 47

213470, Mogilev region, Mstislavl, Kalinina str., 31

1 person

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