Hanna Vishniak

volunteer with the Telegram channel "Drivers 97", served full term, released

Date of birth: 16 September 1992

Date of detention: 28 October 2020

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 25 November 2022

Judge: Zhanna Khvainitskaya

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Karol

Hanna Vishniak is known as a volunteer with the Telegram channel "Drivers 97".

During and after the protests, the girl helped deliver water around the city.

Hanna was detained on October 28, 2020. She was taken into custody and charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).

On June 4, 2021, Judge Zhanna Khvainitskaya of the Zavodski District Court of Minsk sentenced Vishniak to two years and six months in a general-security penal colony.

On November 25, 2022, Vishniak finished serving her jail time and was released.

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