Katsiaryna Kupryianava

left Belarus

Date of birth: 2 March 1976

Date of detention: 16 February 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 191 of the Criminal Code β€” Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights

Date of release: 3 March 2022

Katsiaryna Kupryianava was arrested in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code (Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights, the right to participate in a referendum). The case was brought for distributing and mailing leaflets with an appeal to count votes honestly.

It is known that the woman was released after 15 days in detention, after which she left Belarus.

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