Hanna Kisialiova

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 24 October 1977

Date of detention: 2 February 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 year and 6 months

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 14 April 2023

Judge: Siarhei Katser

Hanna Kisialiova

Hanna Kisialiova was detained on February 2, 2022, as part of a criminal case for insulting the president (Art. 368 of the Criminal Code). The case was initiated for burning an effigy of Lukashenka.

On 15 September 2022, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Hanna to a year and a half of imprisonment.

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