Valeryia Drahun

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 May 2001

Date of detention: 27 April 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code β€” Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 November 2024

Judge: Alena Piatrova

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Groups: Students

Valeryia Drahun was convicted under Article 370 of the Criminal Code for burning a red-green flag.

She was sentenced to one year's imprisonment.

 

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