30 more political prisoners pardoned in Belarus
On September 4, it became known that under the new decree No. 343 On Pardoning Convicts, 30 more political prisoners convicted under protest articles are being released. It is reported that among them there are 7 women and 23 men. Most of them are parents of minors and young children. It is known that the cases of pardoned political prisoners were handled by the commission of Prosecutor General Andrei Shved. Human rights activists know the names of seven released political prisoners. We remind you that we continue not to publish the names of those released for the safety of the prisoners.
On the evening of September 4, Nasha Niva reported that Maryna Kisialevich, one of the founders of Mother 328 movement, had been pardoned. In May 2022, the woman was sentenced to four years of restriction of liberty and sent to an open-type correctional institution. She was tried for Vkontakte posts under two defamatory articles of the Criminal Code: Part 2 of Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka) and Part 2 of Article 367 (slandering Lukashenka). The woman served her term in Brest open-type correctional facility No. 4. According to human rights activists, on April 12, 2024, a court hearing was held to increase the punishment of the political prisoner. As a result, Maryna's restrictions of freedom were replaced by imprisonment in a penal colony for a period of 10 months.
Also on the evening of September 4, it became known that political prisoner Viktoryia Haurylina was released on pardon. This was reported by Lusterka with reference to Vaskresenski. Viktoryia is an entrepreneur, dancer, and mother of two children. She was accused of tax evasion, leaking data from security forces, participating in the Victory plan, and financing extremist activities; she was sentenced to three years and three months in a penal colony. She served her sentence in penal colony No. 4.
EPAM manager Dziyana Zavadskaya, who was detained upon her return from Georgia, was released after being pardoned. This has been reported by Mediazona. Before her arrest, Dziayana was the head of the testing team at EPAM. After the beginning of the full-scale invasion, she and her son, who is now 7 years old, left for Tbilisi. But at some point she decided to return to Belarus. She was convicted for participating in protests and donating money to support Ukraine. It is not known how long was Zavadskaya's sentence.
The information is being updated.
It should be recalled that since the third of July, this is the third wave of pardoning political prisoners. A total of 78 pardoned political prisoners are reported. Among the pardoned are Vasil Berasneu, Ala Zuyeva, Volha Stabrouskaya, Volha Novikava, Iryna Sankouskaya, cancer patient and political prisoner Pavel Kuchynski, and journalist Kseniya Lutskina.
More than 20 political prisoners were released on pardon, including Kseniya Lutskina and Vasil Berasneu
Human rights defenders do not publish the names of other released prisoners for their safety.
More than 15 political prisoners were amnestied and pardoned, among them Ryhor Kastusiou
Human rights defenders do not publish the names of other released prisoners for their safety.
