+++198 WOMEN political prisoners in Belarus in custody + 341 WOMEN under partial house arrest+++ 7 MINORS in custody! +++in TOTAL: 1755 political prisoners in custody+++ per 03.06.23

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All these women are prisoners of conscience who suffered from the actions of the criminal Lukashenka's regime

#FreeBelarusWomen !

The starting point for the “political prisoner” status determination is a criminal case initiated in connection with protest activities and leading to imprisonment or restriction of liberty with the referral to a correctional facility.

 

Group I. 196 women political prisoners / in custody:

In temporary detention facilities, pre-trial detention centers, remand prisons, under house arrest as suspects or accused under criminal articles in connection with protests; women serving sentences in colonies, prisons & women sentenced to restriction of freedom with a referral to a correctional institution („khimiya“), to compulsory treatment in an psychiatric hospital:

 

  1. 163 women in custody (pre-trial & after trial = serving the sentence in a colony)
  2.  0 woman under house arrest, HA (pre-trial)
  3.  30 women are in a correctional facility, CF, IUOT, "khimiya"  (after-trial = serving the sentence)
  4.  1 womаn in compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital, CT (after-trial)
  5.  2 women under arrest in prison (after trial)

Group II. Women subjected to politically motivated persecution

All of them are now or were under criminal circumstances in connection with protest activities. Their cases must be reviewed within the framework of the law and a fair trial, and in the future, these people must be rehabilitated.

 

A) Women who are not imprisoned, but their freedom is limited by another or unknown measure of punishment:

  1. 341 women under partial house arrest ("domashniaya khimiya"), including pardoned prisoners, whose sentence was softened by the measure of restraint of freedom without being sent to a correctional institution
  2. 13 women on bail: under an obligation not to leave the country 
  3. 12 women: correctional labor / fine
  4. 1 woman convicted with a suspended date of the sentence 
  5. 228 women "unknown": there is no information about the location, but there is information about the articles of the charge and the verdict

B) Women, who were prosecuted under criminal articles in connection with protest activities, and they were "conditionally released" (their lives are under the supervision of the regime) or escaped serving their sentences, but continue to be under political persecution:

  1. 81 women released after serving the sentence, as well as released after the investigation due to the closure of the criminal case + 4 women released "case dismissed"
  2. 9 women "pardoned"
  3. 85 women in forced emigration (women who had already been convicted but left the territory of Belarus before or during the serving of their sentence
  4. 3 women deported by the authorities from Belarus

 

*Source:

-"Joint statement of the belarusian civil society on the political emergency in Belarus and the full number of political prisoners"

BWF joined this statement on 02.11.21

 

in Media:

24.01.23: Спісы ваеннаабавязаных жанчын, праца без выходных, блакаванне ліставання: што цяпер адбываецца ў гомельскай жаночай калоніі (spring96.org)

26.12.22: "Быў дзень, калі я ўжо ў думках развіталася з усімі роднымі", — былая арыштантка Акрэсціна (spring96.org)

21.11.22: Сусветны дзень дзіцяці за кратамі: гісторыі дзесяці палітвязняў-падлеткаў Беларусі (spring96.org)

11.11.22: "Мама, я экстрэміст". Якія абмежаванні накладаюцца на асоб, уключаных у "Спіс экстрэмістаў" (spring96.org)

28.09.22: 19 жанчын, студэнты і пенсіянеры: распавядаем усё пра "пратэсных тэрарыстаў" па версіі КДБ (spring96.org)

19.05.22: «Прафулік па экстрэмізме — гэта свет Оруэла». Экс-палітвязні і юрыст — пра жоўтыя біркі (spring96.org)

27.01.22: Political Prisoners in Belarus  - United States Department of State

27.01.22: Более 1000 политзаключенных. Кто они и что это значит для Беларуси? | Беларусь: взгляд из Европы - спецпроект DW | DW | 27.01.2022

05.01.22: Political prisoners in Belarus in 2021. Statistics (spring96.org)

30.12.20: Ситуация с правами человека в Беларуси. Декабрь 2020 (spring96.org)

 

Руководство по определению понятия «политический заключённый» | Правозащитный центр «Мемориал» (memohrc.org)

Guidelines on Definition of Political Prisoner | Human Rights Center MEMORIAL (memohrc.org)

 

Как не запутаться в видах уголовного наказания (mediazona.by)

A guide to Belarusian prisons | openDemocracy

 

Women political prisoners in Belarus in custody

196 women in custody | 196 женщин в тюрьмах/под стражей

163 prison (pre-trial PTDC & colony) + 30 corr. facility CF + 1 compulsory treatment CT+ 2...
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ABDUKERYNA  Iryna | АБДУКЕРИНА Ирина

ABDUKERYNA Iryna | АБДУКЕРИНА Ирина

sentenced to 4 YRS colony; detained on 05.04.22; "Belaruski hajun"- case
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ABLAB Hanna  |  АБЛАБ Анна

ABLAB Hanna | АБЛАБ Анна

sentenced to 11 YRS colony; detained on 22.09.21, employee of Belarusian Railway, "Rabochy...
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AFANASIEVA Daria | АФАНАСЬЕВА Дарья

AFANASIEVA Daria | АФАНАСЬЕВА Дарья

sentenced to 2,5 years in prison; detained on 28.12.21; feminist activist & blogger known,...
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ALIABOVICH Iryna | АЛЕБОВИЧ Ирина

ALIABOVICH Iryna | АЛЕБОВИЧ Ирина

sentenced to 3 years in prison; detained on 01.04.22; "Comments insulting Karpenkou Case"
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ALIAKSEYEVA Aksana | АЛЕКСЕЕВА Оксана

ALIAKSEYEVA Aksana | АЛЕКСЕЕВА Оксана

sentenced to 1,5 YRS colony; detained on 27.07.22; United Civic Party, Minsk branch leader
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ALIANIUK Volha | ОЛЕНЮК Ольга

ALIANIUK Volha | ОЛЕНЮК Ольга

sentenced to 1 YR colony; detained 14.03.23; for 2 comments in social media "insulting luk...
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АLKENAVA Kseniya | АЛЬКЕНОВА Ксения

АLKENAVA Kseniya | АЛЬКЕНОВА Ксения

detained on 11.03.23; for donating to solidarity funds; employee at IT Company Game Stream
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AREKHAVA Palina | ОРЕХОВА Полина

AREKHAVA Palina | ОРЕХОВА Полина

sentenced to 2,5 YRS colony; detained on 30.09.21; comments in social media "Zeltser Case...
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AUCHYNSKAYA Aksana | ОВЧИНСКАЯ Оксана

AUCHYNSKAYA Aksana | ОВЧИНСКАЯ Оксана

detained on 09.06.22; "Belaruski hajun Case"
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