Volha Stabrouskaya

Date of birth: 8 December 1959

Date of detention: 8 July 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 1/4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Yuliya Viarshynina

Prison: Penal colony No. 4

Volha Stabrouskaya stands accused of allegedly insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka, under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code. Recently, Volha's health has deteriorated, and she has been classified as third-group disabled. 

The Orša District Court judge, Yuliya Viarshynina, found Stabrouskaya guilty and sentenced her to one year and three months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. The sentence was passed on September 27, 2023.

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

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