Volha Vialichka

Date of birth: 20 December 1983

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data
  • Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: 9 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Bubenchyk

Groups: Activists, Doctors

Notes: Trials in absentia

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