Former political prisonersReleased

Volha Sukharava

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Olga was convicted for a Facebook post made back in 2020.

According to the investigation, by posting on her page, the woman demonstrated “a desire to present the authority of the head of state in a humiliated state in the eyes of the general public, choosing a method of disseminating false information and insults against the head of the country, designed to be familiar to a wide circle of people.”

She is expected to be released in early spring 2025.

Sentences

Trial outcome 24.02.2023
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 03.04.2023
unknown.

Involved in repression

Vitaly Aleksandrovich Kovbenya
Vitaly Aleksandrovich Kovbenya
Judges3 august 1981
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Gomel
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
24.02.2023
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Irina Dmitrievna Vladyko
Irina Dmitrievna Vladyko
Judges17 october 2026
Place:
Gomel Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
03.04.2023
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Volha Sukharava
In custody:
Hometown:
Gomel
Birthday:
24.08.1976
Was held in:
IUOT-51, 220118, Minsk, ul. Kabushkina, 54a
Articles:
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. ~17.11.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-3 — In custody

  3. 2023
  4. 24.02.2023

    Trial outcome 24.02.2023

    2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of the Soviet district of Gomel

  5. 24.02.2023

    Status change

    Released pending appeal

  6. 03.04.2023

    Appeal 03.04.2023

    unknown, Gomel Regional Court

  7. ~03.06.2023

    Transfer

    IUOT-51 — Penal labor facility