Ina Panova

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 15 September 1985

Date of detention: 15 July 2022

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 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 13 October 2023

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Ina Panova was detained on 15 July 2022 in a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) for participating in protests.

Panova was held in a pre-trial detention center.

On October 31, 2022, a political prisoner was convicted in the Lieninski District Court of Minsk. She was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

According to human rights defenders, Ina was supposed to be released in mid-October 2023.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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