Alena Yafremenka
sentenced to imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 8 October 1977
Date of detention: 3 April 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- 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. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 October 2024
Judge: Uladzimir Pazniak
Notes: Health issues
In early November 2022, Alena Yafremenka was convicted under several articles of the Criminal Code:
- Article 366 ('Violence or threat of violence against a public official')
- Article 342 ('Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them')
- Article 130 ('Inciting racial, national or religious hatred or enmity')
- Article 368 ('Insulting the president of Belarus')
- Article 369 ('Insulting a government official')
The details of the verdict are to be clarified.
Alena Yafremenka has two minor daughters (born in 2014 and 2015).
On January 28, 2023, she was included in the 'List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities'.
