Darya Danilava
director of Rocket Data and TAM.BY, sentenced 1 year and 4 months, served her term
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 7 August 1987
Date of detention: 18 May 2021
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 year and 4 months
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 25 April 2022
Cases: TUT.BY
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Jasper van Dijk, member of the Dutch Parliament
Darya Danilava is director of Rocket Data and TAM.BY.
She was detained on May 18, 2021, in the framework of a criminal case initiated against TUT.BY for tax evasion on an especially large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code).
Despite this, Darya was tried under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Participating in actions that grossly violate public order).
On 25 April in the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Daria Danilava Judge Aleh Kaliada sentenced the political prisoner to 16 months in a general-security penal colony. Darya was released in the courtroom, as she had already served her entire term in pre-trial detention.
