Volha Charniak
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 6 December 1998
Date of detention: 30 November 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 August 2022
Judge: Volha Dubovik
Prosecutor: Yuliya Zhuk
Volha Charniak was convicted of ‘participating in group actions that grossly violated the public order’ (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment for participating in a protest in Maladziečna on August 9, 2020.
Charniak served her sentence in full and was released on August 20, 2022.