Kira Bayarenka

volunteer, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 25 April 1990

Date of detention: 10 February 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Kira Bayarenka is a volunteer based in Minsk. She was detained and taken into custody on February 10, 2021.

Bayarenka faced criminal charges under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order.

She was remanded in pre-trial prison No. 1 in Minsk.

On August 11, Kira was released from pre-trial detention, but remained under travel restrictions.

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