Imprisoned blogger, mother of two Volha Takarchuk to remain behind bars for another month


Political prisoner Volha Takarchuk’s being in custody has been extended for one more month. She is being held in remand prison Nr 8 in the town of Zhodzina (Minsk region).

Volha Takarchuk and her son.
Photo: Belsat

On May 19, the police searched Volha’s flat and arrested her. Previously, she had been repeatedly detained and fined amid the 2020 protests in Belarus. The Belarusian human rights community recognised her as a political prisoner.

The reputed Minsk vlogger was charged withdefamation’ (Article 188 of the Criminal Code), ‘insulting a judge’ (Article 391) and ‘organisation of actions that grossly violate public order’ (Article 342). Notably, no investigative actions have been taken against Volha Takarchuk yet. Despite the fact that Volha has two minor children, changing the measure of restraint was denied to her. But still, her family does not lose hope for Volha’s being released in the near future.

Currently, her Youtube channel has more than 35,000 subscribers. In late August, the videos which Volha Takarchuk had been publishing during the post-election protests disappeared from her Youtube in a so far unknown way.

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