She was involved in the "yard chats case".
On March 19, 2026, she was pardoned after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole (among a group of 235 prisoners left in Belarus).
Former political prisonersPardoned
Anastasiia Siarheyeuna Harchakova
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome 24.07.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal date unknown
unknown.Involved in repression
Alexander Valerievich Rybakov
MoreJudges19 april 1974
- Place:
- Minsk Regional Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 24.07.2025
Aliaksandr Mikalayevich Kuzniatsou (Dzhasau)
MoreOverseers21 march 1991
- Place:
- IK-4
- Type:
- Correctional officer
Stanislav Sergeevich Kovalev
MoreOverseers12 december 1984
- Place:
- IK-4
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
MoreOverseers20 april 1978
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Eugene Sergeevich Hitrik
MoreOverseers16 november 1982
- Place:
- SIZO-1 Kolyadichi
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
Co-defendants
- In custody:
- from 31.07.2024 to 20.03.2026
- Case categories:
- The case of yard chats
- Hometown:
- Minsk
- Birthday:
- 16.03.1982
- Number of children:
- 2
- Was held in:
- IK-4, ul. Antoshkina, 3, 246035, Gomel
- Articles:
- Creation of an extremist formation or participation in it
- Groups:
- Parents of minors
- Marks:
- Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2024
31.07.2024
Transfer
SIZO-1 Kolyadichi — In custody
- 2025
24.07.2025
Trial outcome 24.07.2025
2 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk Regional Court
~27.08.2025
Transfer
SIZO-3 — In custody
~02.10.2025
Appeal date unknown
unknown
17.10.2025
Transfer
IK-4 — In custody