Liudmila Charniha

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 20 March 1993

Date of detention: 20 June 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Part 1 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs without the purpose of sale

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 6 March 2023

Date of release: 6 November 2024

Judge: Volha Yemelyanchanka

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Liudmila Charniha was sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony under Art. 328 and Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.

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