Former political prisonersForced emigration

Ina Yuryeuna Shyrokaya

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Ina managed the Hotfix coffee shop in Grodno. In August 2020, after riot police detained and beat her son, she began attending protests. On the eve of Lukashenko's visit to Grodno, Ina placed white and red candles in the coffee shop's windows, after which she was fired.

On 6 April 2022, Ina was detained at home by officers of the Main Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) and taken to Minsk. During questioning, she refused to testify.

In July 2022, Ina was found guilty in a criminal case brought under the article "Organisation and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for taking part in the 2020 protests and sentenced to restricted freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Ina later left Belarus.

In February 2025, an in absentia court hearing was held under special proceedings on toughening her sentence. The outcome of the hearing is unknown.

Sentences

Trial outcome 26.07.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 25.10.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Regime change trial 17.02.2025
unknown (trial in absentia).

Involved in repression

Anastasia Vasilevna Achalova
Anastasia Vasilevna Achalova
Judges15 october 1992
Place:
court of Leninsky district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
26.07.2022
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Sergey Fedorovich Khripach
Sergey Fedorovich Khripach
Judges16 april 1966
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
25.10.2022
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Olga Mikhailovna Kupriyanchik
Olga Mikhailovna Kupriyanchik
Judges
Place:
court of the Oktyabrsky district of Grodno
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
17.02.2025
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Igor Grigorievich Kenyukh
Overseers21 january 1980
Place:
IVS Okrestina
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Ina Yuryeuna Shyrokaya
In custody:
Hometown:
Hrodna
Birthday:
07.11.1976
Number of children:
5
Was held in:
SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
Articles:
Groups:
Parents of minorsService sector
Marks:

Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. 06.04.2022

    Transfer

    IVS Okrestina — In custody

  3. ~11.04.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  4. 26.07.2022

    Trial outcome 26.07.2022

    3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Leninsky district of Minsk

  5. ~26.07.2022

    Status change

    Probation

  6. ~15.08.2022

    Status change

    Forced emigration