Tamara Karavai

sentenced to 2 years imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 8 December 1979

Date of detention: 5 January 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code β€” Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 August 2024

Judge: Katsiaryna Kleuzhyts

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Tamara Karavai was accused of defamation against Lukashenka according to Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code (Defamation against the President of Belarus).

On January 5, 2023, she was taken into custody pending trial. It is known that Tamara Karavai has a minor child as a dependent.

On March 29, 2023, in the Luniniec District Court, Judge Katsiaryna Kleuzhyts sentenced Tamara Karavai to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony and compulsory treatment for chronic alcoholism.

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