Tatsiana Astrouskaya
A Country for Living Foundation volunteer, left Belarus
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 15 September 1976
Date of detention: 9 July 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
Date of release: 6 May 2022
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Katja Keul, member of the German Bundestag
Tatsiana Astrouskaya is a volunteer of the Country for Living Foundation.
She was detained on 9 July 2021 during "a large-scale KGB clearance operation against radicals". Tatsiana was charged under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code (financing activities of an extremist formation). Tatsiana was transferred to the pre-trial detention center.
On May 6, 2022, Tatsiana's measure of restraint was changed and she was released pending trial. It is reported that her actions were reclassified to a ‘softer’ article, but it is not yet known which one. The woman has left Belarus.
