Aksana Aliakseyeva
United Civic Party Minsk branch leader, sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 1 July 1971
Date of detention: 27 July 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 16 February 2023
Date of release: 21 October 2023
Judge: Anastasiya Kulik
Prosecutor: Iryna Zubko
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Charles Guené, Member of the French Senate
Chairman of Minsk organization of the United Civil Party Aksana Aliakseyeva was detained along with other leaders of the party on July 27, 2022. It is known that during the search the law enforcers broke the door to her apartment. Aksana has a medical condition and needs to take medicines constantly.
On November 3, 2022, the Pieršamajski District Court of Minsk has finished considering the criminal case against the opposition United Civic Party leaders: Aksana Aliakseyeva, Mikalai Kazlou, and Antanina Kavaliova. Aliakseyeva was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment.
Aksana served out her sentence and was released from prison on October 21, 2023.
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