Ala Dziasiatsik

Prisoner

Date of birth: 21 February 1983

Date of detention: 23 January 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Siarhei Bieraziuk

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 7

Ala Dziasiatsik is a resident of Brest. On September 18, 2024, the Brest Regional Court began considering the criminal case against her. The case is being conducted by Judge Siarhei Beraziuk. She is charged under the following criminal articles:

- Article 361-4 (promotingf extremist activities);

- Part 1 of Article 342 (active participation in actions that grossly violate public order);

- Article 370 (desecration of state symbols);

- Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka);

- Article 369 (insulting a government official);

- Article 367 (slander against Lukashenka).

Ala was sentenced to three years' imprisonment.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 7. 224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37

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