Former political prisonersProbation

Santa Viktarauna Franchuk

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

On 27 February 2022, Santa was detained in the Pershamaiski district of Minsk for photographing her ballot at a polling station and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest, which she served in Zhodzina. She was not released after the arrest: photos from the 2020 protests were found on her phone, and she was kept in custody in a criminal case. Her husband Uladzimir Dalshou was detained over the same photos. Santa was held at Akrestsina and then transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1.

In July 2022, Santa and her husband were found guilty in a criminal case opened under the article "Organisation and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them" for taking part in the post-election protests held in Minsk in 2020, and were sentenced to restricted freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Sentences

Trial outcome 21.07.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.
Appeal 04.10.2022
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Volha Mikalayeuna Yemialyanchanka
Volha Mikalayeuna Yemialyanchanka
Judges4 november 1994
Place:
court of the Soviet district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
21.07.2022
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Eugene Viktorovich Pisarevich
Eugene Viktorovich Pisarevich
Judges14 may 1990
Place:
Minsk City Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
04.10.2022
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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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Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Dmitriy Nikolaevich Strebkov
Overseers19 march 1977
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Dmitry Vladimirovich Aleshkevich
Overseers23 may 1983
Place:
Turma №8
Type:
Correctional officer
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Santa Viktarauna Franchuk
In custody:
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
20.04.1992
Was held in:
SIZO-1, Minsk 2 Volodarskogo St., 220030
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Groups:
IT staff
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Timeline

  1. 2022
  2. 27.02.2022

    Transfer

    Turma №8 — In custody

  3. 28.02.2022

    Administrative court

    Administrative arrest (15 days)

  4. ~14.03.2022

    Transfer

    IVS Okrestina — In custody

  5. 29.03.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  6. 21.07.2022

    Trial outcome 21.07.2022

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