She was convicted of spray-painting images of the white-white flag on various surfaces in the city.
Detained again for comment in 2022.
According to human rights activists, she will be released in January 2024 upon expiration of her sentence.
Former political prisonersReleased
Svetlana Valeryevna Firsova
- 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 04.02.2022
200 basic values fine.Trial outcome 20.05.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Involved in repression
Vladimir Georgievich Besetsky
MoreJudges8 december 1979
- Place:
- court of the Polotsk region and the city of Polotsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 20.05.2022
Victor Iosifovich Baliko
MoreJudges11 may 1983
- Place:
- court of the Polotsk region and the city of Polotsk
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 04.02.2022
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 ~16.03.2022 to ~03.01.2024
- Hometown:
- Rudnya
- Birthday:
- 24.02.1994
- Was held in:
- IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
- Articles:
- Desecration of buildings and damage to propertyInsulting the president
- 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
- 2022
04.02.2022
Trial outcome 04.02.2022
200 basic values fine, court of the Polotsk region and the city of Polotsk
~16.03.2022
Transfer
SIZO-2 — In custody
20.05.2022
Trial outcome 20.05.2022
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, court of the Polotsk region and the city of Polotsk
28.10.2022
Transfer
IK-4 — In custody
- 2024
~03.01.2024
Status change
Released