Volha Syravatka
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 4 March 1989
Date of detention: 23 November 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 27 July 2022
Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk
Cases: Protests in Brest, Rail sabotage
Volha Syravatka was detained on November 23, 2020 in the case of blocking railways and hanging police effigies. She was charged under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism).
Syravatka was convicted for hanging an effigy with a sign reading “OMON” (“riot police”) and breaking the glass in the premises of a police station.
On May 18, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced her under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code to two years in a general-security penal colony.
The political prisoner served her sentence in full and was released on July 27, 2022.
