Hanna Ablab is an employee of the Belarusian Railway.

She was arrested on September 22, 2021, as a defendant in a criminal investigation into 'high treason' (Article 356 of the Criminal Code) involving several employees of the Belarusian factories who supported local strikes in 2020 and were members of the Rabochy Rukh labor rights group. On September 21, 2021, that initiative was labeled as an "extremist" one, which entailed arrests of workers across the country. Besides, Hanna Ablab was charged under Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code ('Creation of an extremist formation and participation in it').

She was placed in the KGB remand prison in Minsk and then transferred to remand prison #3 in Homieĺ.

On November 9, 2022, the Homieĺ Regional Court began the trial of the Rabochy Rukh case involving ten political prisoners. On the second day of the trial, all the defendants refused to admit their guilt in high treason and the creation of an extremist formation. All the defendants refused to testify at the trial. From December 27, the trial was held behind closed doors until the verdict was passed, although, before that, it had been held in open mode.

On February 17, 2023, the court delivered the verdict. Judge Aliaksandr Piskunou found Hanna Ablab guilty under the above articles and sentenced her to 11 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

              On August 11, 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs included the political prisoner into the list of persons involved in extremist activities."

 Since the beginning of September 2023, HannaAblab has been serving her sentence in penal colony No. 4.

Rabochy rukh group members receive 11 to 15 year in jail for high treason and creating extremist group

The Homieĺ Regional court pronounced the verdict to the members of Rabochy rukh (Workers' Movement) group accused of high treason and creating and participating in an extremist organization.