Palina Pitkevich
Political prisoner
Date of detention: 6 June 2024
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava
Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 1
Groups: Journalists
Palina Pitkevich is a journalist. She was brought to trial on March 7, 2025. She is charged with participation in an "extremist formation" (under Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code). The case was presided over by Judge Sviatlana Charapanava.
When the Belarusian KGB declared the Media IQ project an extremist formation in June 2024, it named Pitkevich as one of its participants.
Place of detention: Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast
