Former political prisonersForced emigration

Volha Aliaksandrauna Harbunova

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Olga, an activist and former head of the organization "Radislava," which helps women victims of domestic violence, was arrested in November 2021 in connection with a criminal case opened for organizing women's marches in 2020.

In May 2022, Olga was found guilty of "organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order" and sentenced to restricted freedom without being sent to an open correctional facility.

Left Belarus.

In September 2024, a court hearing in absentia was held as part of a special proceeding on the issue of "replacing a restriction of freedom without sending to an open-type correctional facility."

Sentences

Trial outcome 06.05.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Regime change trial 25.09.2024
unknown (trial in absentia).

Involved in repression

Sergey Viktorovich Shatilo
Sergey Viktorovich Shatilo
Judges13 august 1989
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.05.2022
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Victoria Vasilevna Baranova
Victoria Vasilevna Baranova
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
court of the Moscow district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
25.09.2024
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Overseers21 january 1980
Place:
IVS Okrestina
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Volha Aliaksandrauna Harbunova
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
07.05.1981
Was held in:
SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
Articles:
Groups:
Activists
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2021
  2. 09.11.2021

    Transfer

    IVS Okrestina — In custody

  3. 18.11.2021

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  4. 2022
  5. 06.05.2022

    Trial outcome 06.05.2022

    3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Soviet district of Minsk

  6. 06.05.2022

    Status change

    Probation

  7. 19.08.2022

    Status change

    Forced emigration