Yana Arabeika
student, activist of the Belarusian Students' Association, served full term, released
Date of birth: 17 January 2001
Date of detention: 12 November 2020
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 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 30 November 2022
Judge: Maryna Fiodarava
Prosecutor: Anastasiya Maliko, Raman Chabatarou
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Annette Widmann-Mauz, member of the German Bundestag
Yana Arabeika is an activist of the Belarusian Students' Association and a student of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University. She was detained in the dormitory on November 12 as part of a criminal case under Art. 342 part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (organization or participation in group actions that gravely breach public order). Yana was initially held in the KGB pre-trial prison.
On July 16, 2021, Arabeika was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
The political prisoner served her sentence in full and was released on November 30, 2022.
