Maryna Silionak

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 5 August 1988

Date of detention: 8 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Date of release: 13 December 2022

Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk

Cases: Protests in Brest, Rail sabotage

Maryna Silionak was sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom for blocking of railways and hanging effigies in Brest.

Silionak was sent to serve her sentence in mid-September 2021. 

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