Hanna Sunhurava
manager, volunteer, sentenced to 3 years of home confinement, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 23 November
Date of detention: 25 September 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Date of release: 20 August 2024
Judge: Sviatlana Charapovich
Groups: Activists
Notes: Parents of three or more children, Trials in absentia
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Hanna Sunhurava is a manager at a furniture company. Hanna participated in the post-election protests and helped other protesters get home after dispersals and detention. She was detained on September 25.
Hanna was called a suspect under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code, "participation in riots."
She is the mother of three children.
On April 20, 2021, Judge Sviatlana Charapovich of the Pieršamajskaha District Court of Minsk sentenced Hanna Sunhurava to three years of restricted freedom (so-called “home khimiya” or home confinement). She was found guilty of committing a crime under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order). The convict was released in the courtroom to await an appeal hearing.
