Former political prisonersReleasedForced emigration

Maryna Yakauleuna Kirylchyk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Marina was arrested in September 2021 as part of a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

In August 2022, she was found guilty of "inciting hatred or discord" and "insulting a government official," and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony. While in prison, Marina was diagnosed with a tumor.

She was released in October 2022, having fully served her sentence.

Sentences

Trial outcome 29.08.2022
1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.

Involved in repression

Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Maryna Yakauleuna Kirylchyk
In custody:
Case categories:
Zeltser's case
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
06.08.1970
Was held in:
SIZO-3, Gomel, ul. Knizhnaya 1A, 246144
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 29.09.2021

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  3. 2022
  4. 16.08.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  5. 29.08.2022

    Trial outcome 29.08.2022

    1 year 7 months of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk City Court

  6. ~01.10.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-3 — In custody

  7. 20.10.2022

    Status change

    Released