Olga was arrested in November 2020 and convicted in a criminal case brought for blocking railway tracks and hanging scarecrows in Brest.
She was released in July 2022, having fully served her sentence as determined by the court.
Former political prisonersReleased
Olga Sergeevna Syrovatka
- 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
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Sentences
Trial outcome 18.05.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 16.07.2021
the sentence was upheld.Involved in repression
Elena Vasilievna Tikhonovich
MoreState prosecutors16 november 1990
- Place:
- Brest Lenin District Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 18.05.2021
Marina Evgenievna Tarasyuk
MoreState prosecutors18 october 2026
- Place:
- Brest Lenin District Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 18.05.2021
Alexander Aleksandrovich Semenchuk
MoreJudges12 april 1983
- Place:
- Brest Lenin District Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 18.05.2021
Michael Vladimirovich Vashkevich
MoreOverseers18 october 1975
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Kuzniatsou (Dzhasau)
MoreOverseers21 march 1991
- Place:
- IK-4
- Type:
- Correctional officer
Denis Anatolyevich Tolstoystenkov
MoreOverseers17 august 1977
- Place:
- IK-4
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from 11.11.2020 to 27.07.2022
- Case categories:
- Brest 2020 ProtestsDirect action
- Hometown:
- Brest
- Birthday:
- 04.03.1989
- Was held in:
- IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
- Articles:
- Disorderly conduct
- 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
- 2020
11.11.2020
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
- 2021
18.05.2021
Trial outcome 18.05.2021
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Brest Lenin District Court
12.07.2021
Transfer
SIZO-6 — In custody
16.07.2021
Appeal 16.07.2021
the sentence was upheld, Brest Regional Court
~27.07.2021
Transfer
IK-4 — In custody