Hanna Pyshnik (Chympayesh)

sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 2 April 1994

Date of detention: 22 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison: Penal colony No. 4

Notes: War in Ukraine

Godparent: Theresa Berg Andersen, Member of Dutch Parliament

Hanna Pyshnik (maiden name Chympayesh) was detained on March 22, 2022 in Mazyr. According to the prosecution, she “shot a video of helicopters moving for a biased destructive resource”.

The woman was held in the Homieĺ pre-trial detention center pending trial. She is charged under Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (Promoting extremist activities).

On August 16, 2022 the Homieĺ Regional Court convicted the political prisoner Hanna Pyshnik (Chympayesh) of ‘promoting extremist activity’ under Part 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code. She was found guilty and sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

Taking pics of Russian troops considered extremism

Seven criminal cases have been opened in the Homieĺ region bordering Ukraine for passing on the information about Russian military vehicles movement to “extremist” Telegram channels, the Investigative Committee reports. Cases are brought under Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (Promoting extremist activities); detainees face up to six years in prison. Viasna tells what is known about them.

 

Political prisoner Hanna Pyshnik convicted for video of Russian helicopters

On August 16, 2022, the Homieĺ Regional Court convicted the political prisoner Hanna Pyshnik (Chympayesh) of ‘promoting extremist activity’ under Part 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code.

 

Mail address: Penal colony No. 4. 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3

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