Valeryia Kastsiuhova and Tatsiana Kuzina sentenced to 10 years in prison

Valeryia Kastsiuhova. Photo: RFE/RL Belaru

The defend­ers were charged with con­spir­a­cy to seize state pow­er, encour­ag­ing sanc­tions, and incite­ment of hatred.

Valeryia Kast­si­uho­va is a polit­i­cal observ­er and con­sul­tant, edi­tor of the expert com­mu­ni­ty web­site Nashe Mneniye. She was detained on 30 June 2021.

Tatyana Kuz­i­na is an inde­pen­dent expert in pub­lic admin­is­tra­tion, co-founder of the Sym­pa School for Young Man­agers of Pub­lic Admin­is­tra­tion. She was detained on 29 June 2021 at Min­sk air­port.