Volha Tomina

makeup artist, sentenced to 2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 8 February 1984

Date of detention: 9 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 24 December 2023

Judge: Yuliya Shut

Groups: Businessmen

Notes: Parents of three or more children

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Volha Tomina is a makeup artist. She was arrested in March 2022 in a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

On May 24, 2022, the Lieninski District Court of Minsk started to consider the case of Volha Tomina. On May 26, 2022, Judge Yuliya Shut found the political prisoner guilty and sentenced her to 2 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

In late October, the Ministry of Internal Affairs added the political prisoner to the list of extremists.

Volha Tomina was released from prison on December 24, 2023, upon the expiration of her sentence.

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