Sniazhana Tsadava

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 6 November 1983

Date of detention: 19 August 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 6 months

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Aleh Kharoshka

Sniazhana Tsadava was detained in late August 2023 for insulting police officers while taking a video and then posting the insulting video on the Internet. A criminal case was opened against Sniazhana under Article 130 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred). 

On November 29, 2023, the trial against the woman began in the Homieĺ Regional Court. The case was presided over by Judge Aleh Kharoshka.

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