Sviatlana Khromava

educator, sentenced to 2 years in jail

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 3 April 1977

Date of detention: 22 December 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 29 August 2023

Judge: Maryna Klimchuk

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Groups: Teachers

Sviatlana Khromava is subprincipal of Gymnasium No. 42 in Minsk.

She was detained together with her daughter Yana on December 22, 2021, in a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

On December 30, she was transferred to pre-trial detention center.

On April 12, 2022, the Lieninski District Court of Minsk considered the case of Sviatlana and Yana Khromava. Judge Maryna Klimchuk found them guilty and sentenced both to two years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. It is known that they were accused of participating in three protest rallies.

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