Volha Rybina

under trial

Prisoner

Date of birth: 7 April 1974

Date of detention: 6 May 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Alena Ananich

Prison: Penal colony No. 4

Cases: Donations

Volha Rybina was taken into custody on charges of "financing extremist activities" under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code for her donations to initiatives recognized as extremist.

Her trial began in July 2023.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 4. 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3

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