Liudmila Kirylenka

sentenced to 1 1/2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 20 February 1986

Date of detention: 19 January 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

Date of release: 15 May 2023

Judge: Yauhen Yerafeyeu

Groups: Businessmen

Cases: Protests in Žlobin

Liudmila Kirylenka

Liudmila Kirylenka from Rahačoŭ was detained on January 19, 2022, in a criminal case brought after the protests in Žlobin in August 2020. Her home was searched, and she was taken to the Žlobin Investigative Committee for questioning, and then placed in pre-trial detention center.

A few days later she was transferred to Homiel and charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Group actions grossly violating public order).

On April 22, 2022, the Žlobin district court sentenced Liudmila to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

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