Volha Radzivonava

On 18 Decem­ber, the Gen­er­al Prosecutor’s Office of Belarus announced the grava­men in the case of jour­nal­ist Vol­ha Radzivono­va, who was sen­tenced to 4 years in prison.

On the morn­ing of Decem­ber 10, the judge of the Min­sk City Court, Vera Halauko­va, sen­tenced jour­nal­ist Vol­ha Radzivon­a­va to four years of impris­on­ment. The defen­dant was charged with four arti­cles of crim­i­nal defama­tion.

The crim­i­nal case hear­ing start­ed in the Min­sk City Court on Novem­ber 16. Vol­ha Radzivon­a­va is charged with four counts of crim­i­nal defama­tion. She faces up to six years of free­dom restric­tion or impris­on­ment. Judge Vera Halauko­va pre­sides over the tri­al.