Volha Tomina
makeup artist, sentenced to 2 years
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
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.
