Tatsiana Karpovich

Prisoner

Date of birth: 24 June 1997

Date of detention: 17 November 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Pavel Klimau

Prosecutor: Tatsiana Kastsiushka

Prison: Penal colony No. 4

Cases: The Black Book of Belarus case

Godparent: Markéta Gregorová, Member of the European Parliament

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Tatsiana Karpovich was charged under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code, for leaking information about law enforcement officers and judges to a Telegram channel. She was detained on November 17, 2021.

On 23 December, Mahiliou Regional Court in a closed session convicted political prisoner Tatsiana Karpovich under part 3 of article 130 of the Criminal Code (incitement of social hatred) for transferring the data of law enforcement officers, teachers and judges to the telegram channel "Black Book of Belarus". Judge Pavel Klimau sentenced the woman to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of $3,200.

 

 

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

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