Aksana Aliakseyeva

United Civic Party Minsk branch leader, sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 1 July 1971

Date of detention: 27 July 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 16 February 2023

Date of release: 21 October 2023

Judge: Anastasiya Kulik

Prosecutor: Iryna Zubko

Notes: Health issues

Groups: Politicians

Godparent: Charles Guené, Member of the French Senate

Chairman of Minsk organization of the United Civil Party Aksana Aliakseyeva was detained along with other leaders of the party on July 27, 2022. It is known that during the search the law enforcers broke the door to her apartment. Aksana has a medical condition and needs to take medicines constantly.

On November 3, 2022, the Pieršamajski District Court of Minsk has finished considering the criminal case against the opposition United Civic Party leaders: Aksana Aliakseyeva, Mikalai Kazlou, and Antanina Kavaliova. Aliakseyeva was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment.

Aksana served out her sentence and was released from prison on October 21, 2023.

 

United Civic Party leaders sentenced to up to 30 months in jail

The Pieršamajski District Court of Minsk has finished considering the criminal case against the opposition United Civic Party leaders: Aksana Aliakseyeva, Mikalai Kazlou, and Antanina Kavaliova. Political prisoners received 12 to 30 months in jail for participating in the 2020 protests.

 

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