Volha Tomina

makeup artist, sentenced to 2 years

Former political 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.

Addresses of prisons:

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  • Pre-trial detention center No. 1
    223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast
    54 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 7
    224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37
    18 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 8
    222163, Žodzina, vulica Savieckaja 22A
    26 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 6
    225413, Baranavičy, vulica Bresckaja 258B
    3 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center of KGB
    220050, Minsk, Main Post Office, subscriber box 8
    4 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 3
    246003, Homieĺ, vulica Knižnaja 1A
    14 political prisoners
  • Prison No. 1
    230023, Hrodna, vulica Kirava 1
    23 political prisoners
  • Prison No. 4
    212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A
    49 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 17
    213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8
    77 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 9
    213410, Horki, vulica Dabraliubava 16
    8 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 2
    213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1
    54 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 2
    210026, Viciebsk, vulica Haharyna 2
    11 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 1
    211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8
    86 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 49
    213010, Škloŭ, vulica Maladziožnaja 2B
    6 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 3
    211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba
    90 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 15
    213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183
    106 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 39
    222002, Krupki district, Krupki-2
    5 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 46
    213188, Kruhlaje, vulica Savieckaja, 96
    4 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 13
    211793, Hlubokaje, Saveckaja 205
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 29
    230415, Vaŭkavysk, vulica Rakasouskaha 118
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 48
    213765, Asipovičy, vulica Sumchanki 38
    1 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 43
    212003, Mahilioŭ, vulica Čaliuskincaŭ 76a
    6 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 4
    246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3
    111 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 14
    222125, Minsk region, Barysaŭ district, s.n.p. Navasady, vulica Miru 1a
    13 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 22
    225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20
    64 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 7
    225136, Pružany district, Kuplina
    3 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 17
    246020, Homiel, vul. Barysenka, 13, building 2
    5 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 9
    210034, Vitebsk, street 3rd Chepinskaya, 39
    7 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 45
    225073, Brest region, Kamenetsky district, Sushki
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 6
    225889, Brest region, Kobrin district, Lushchyky
    5 political prisoners
  • Scientific And Practical Center For Mental Health
    220053, Minsk, Daŭhinaŭski trakt 152
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 21
    247783, Mazyr, buĺvar Junactva, 24
    10 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 11
    231900, Volkovysk, Rokossovsky str., 118
    13 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 47
    213470, Mogilev region, Mstislavl, Kalinina str., 31
    1 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 24
    230025, Grodno, Lidskaya str. 29 b
    6 political prisoners
  • Released awaiting the commencement of the sentence
    39 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 20
    247755, Homieĺ region, Mazyr district, Michalkoŭski sieĺsaviet, 70
    11 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 8
    211388, Viciebskaja vobl., Orša, vul. Lienina, 195A
    9 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 5
    213826, Babrujsk, 1-y Pierajezny zavulak, 10
    3 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 25
    231707, Hrodna, vulica Lienina 12a
    2 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 24
    247526, vulica Vytvorčaja, 44, Zarečča, Rečyca district, Homieĺ region
    4 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 36
    220039, Minsk, Korotkevicha str., 14
    6 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 55
    220021, Minsk, vulica Sacyjalistyčnaja, 7
    3 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 51
    220118, g. Minsk, vul. Kabushkina, 54A
    2 political prisoners
  • Temporary detention facility of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Rechitsa District Executive Committee
    247483, Homielskaja vobl., g. Rechitsa, vul. Savieckaja, 35
    1 political prisoners

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