Katsiaryna Madziankova

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 30 September 1991

Date of detention: 9 October 2023

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Lukyanava

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Katsiaryna Madziankova was charged under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them). On December 22, 2023, Judge Sviatlana Lukyanava sentenced her to imprisonment. 

      On March 22, 2024, she was included in the "list of extremists."

She is currently serving her sentence in Penal Colony No. 4.

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