Alesia Siarheyenka
Date of detention: 25 January 2024
Charges indicted:
Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
Prison: Prison No. 4
Alesia Siarheyenka was arrested under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code. She is charged with financing extremist activities. The detention was part of a larger prosecution effort by the authorities against individuals who support political prisoners and their families through the social project INeedHelpBy, which provides food aid.
She is the wife of former political prisoner Maksim Siarheyenka. The couple has two children, aged 3 and 16.