Marina is a Belarusian-speaking IT specialist from EPAM who is also involved in creative work. She writes articles for the Belarusian Wikipedia, makes illustrations, translates into Belarusian, and writes poetry. After the start of full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine, she moved to Georgia, but then returned to Belarus for unknown reasons. Soon after, she was detained as part of a criminal case and convicted under the articles “financing extremist activity” and “financing or other financial support of war.”
Political prisoners
Marina Vladimirovna Leonovich
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
Letter bank9Add a letter to the bank
Sentences
Trial outcome 14.01.2025
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.
Involved in repression
Elena Nikolaevna Shilko
MoreJudges20 april 1972
- Place:
- Minsk City Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 14.01.2025
Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Kuzniatsou (Dzhasau)
MoreOverseers21 march 1991
- Place:
- IK-4
- Type:
- Correctional officer
Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
MoreOverseers12 december 1984
- Place:
- IK-4
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Who else is held in IK-4
- In custody:
- from ~09.11.2023 to present time
- Case categories:
- Return to BelarusDonateAnti-war campaigns
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 08.12.1995
- Mailing address:
- IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
- Health problems:
- Autism
- Articles:
- Financing of extremist activitiesFinancing of extremist activitiesInvolvement on the territory of a foreign state in an armed formation or armed conflict, military operations, recruitment or preparation of persons for such participation
- Groups:
- Creative peopleIT staff
- Marks:
- Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2023
~09.11.2023
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
- 2024
~13.03.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
- 2025
14.01.2025
Trial outcome 14.01.2025
5 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court
08.02.2025
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
~24.02.2025
Transfer
IK-4 — In custody