Daria Losik
Five more women political prisoners were released from Homel women’s colony No. 4, gomelspring.org reports. Four of them were convicted for participating in peaceful protests, and the fifth – for commenting on her Belsat political prisoner husband.
Tamara Astreika, Sviatlana Lupach, Katsiaryna Madziankova and Palina Palavinka were behind bars under the ”people’s” article 342 of the Criminal Code – organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them (that is, participating in peaceful protest actions).
Daria Losik was detained on October 18, 2022 and on January 19, 2023, she was sentenced in the Brest Regional Court to two years in prison under Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (assistance to extremist activities) for making a comment about her political prisoner husband to the Belsat television channel, which the Belarusian ruling regime considers “extremist”.
All of them were recognized by human rights defenders as political prisoners. The women were released on July 3.