Volha Syravatka

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 4 March 1989

Date of detention: 23 November 2020

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 27 July 2022

Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk

Cases: Protests in Brest, Rail sabotage

Volha Syravatka was detained on November 23, 2020 in the case of blocking railways and hanging police effigies. She was charged under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism).

Syravatka was convicted for hanging an effigy with a sign reading “OMON” (“riot police”) and breaking the glass in the premises of a police station.

On May 18, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced her under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code to two years in a general-security penal colony.

The political prisoner served her sentence in full and was released on July 27, 2022.

 

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