Valeryia 

Kastsiuhova

Political scientist, editor of Nashe Mnenie expert platform, editor and author of Belarusian Yearbook, head of the expert group “Belarus in Focus”
Born: 30.12.1967 
57 years old

Day of detention

30.06.2021

10 years

1551

days innocently in prison

served

remaining

Penal Colony No. 4 (previously held in Detention Center No. 1 on Volodarskogo Street)
No public reports of serious health conditions; however, extended detention in harsh prison conditions raises concerns about overall well-being
– Listed as a “terrorist” (by the KGB, August 31, 2023). Included in the register of individuals involved in extremist activities (by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, August 11, 2023)

N:OW

is when we need to stand up for Valeryia