Sviatlana Firsava
sentenced to 2 years
Date of birth: 24 February 1994
Date of detention: 16 March 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 341 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of structures and damage to property
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 3 January 2024
Judge: Viktar Balika, Uladzimir Biasetski
Prosecutor: Volha Kolasava
On February 4, 2022, the Polack district and Polack city court pronounced the verdict in the criminal case about the desecration of constructions and property damage (Article 341 of the Criminal Code). The accused were Volha Trunava and Sviatlana Firsava.
The court found the women guilty and sentenced them to a fine of 200 basic units (about 1900 US dollars).
On May 19, 2022, Sviatlana Firsava was convicted under part 1 of article 368 of the Criminal Code for comments on the Internet to the video of Aliaksandr Lukashenka's speech, posted back in 2021.
The case was heard by Judge Vladimir Besetsky. The state prosecutor was senior assistant prosecutor Olga Kolosova.
After her detention on March 16, Sviatlana Firsava was placed in Polack temporary detention center and then transferred to Viciebsk pre-trial detention center.
The court found Firsava guilty and sentenced her to two years imprisonment in a general-security penal colony and a 6,400-ruble fine (1900 US dollars) on the first conviction.
