Liudmila Kuzniatsova
sentenced to 1 year of restricted freedom, pardoned
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 22 September 1967
Date of detention: 21 May 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 9 March 2022
Judge: Vadzim Mazol
Prosecutor: Veranika Manets
Liudmila Kuzniatsova was sentenced by the Pružany District Court under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the president) to one year in a general-security penal colony.
According to the indictment, on August 12, 2020, the woman posted a message from her husband's account on the VkKntakte social network with insulting content attacking Lukashenka.
On March 9, 2022, human rights defenders learned that Liudmila and several other women had been pardoned.
