Volha Tsybulskaya
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 15 April 1980
Date of detention: 10 February 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 6 November 2022
Date of release: 26 March 2024
Judge: Alena Shylko
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Volha Tsybulskaya was remanded in pre-trial detention on February 10, 2022, as a defendant in a criminal case under Article 342 ('Group actions grossly disrupting public order'), and Article 369 ('Contempt of a government official') of the Criminal Code.
Later, Tsybulskaya was cleared of the charge under Art. 342, but Part 2 of Art. 130 ('Inciting hatred or enmity') was added.
On September 15, 2022, she was included in the 'List of persons involved in terrorist activities'.
On October 17, 2022, the Minsk City Court began the trial of the political prisoner's case. In early November, she was sentenced to two years and six months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
Volha Tsybulskaya is serving her sentence in women's penal colony #4 in Homieĺ.
