Cina Pałynskaja is a non-fiction author.
On 19 May 2025, she stopped responding to communications.
On 8 June 2025, reports emerged indicating that Cina Pałynskaja and her daughter Marho Rabinovič, who is a student at Belarus State University, are currently facing criminal charges and are held in pre-trial detention centre No. 2 in Viciebsk.
Human rights defenders believe that Pałynskaja and Rabinovič are being prosecuted for their participation in sociological surveys conducted by the Belarusian Analytical Workroom, which the KGB designated as an “extremist organisation” on 16 May 2025 (the decision was published on 21 May).
On 6 June 2025, Cina Pałynskaja and her elder daughter Marho Rabinovič were recognised as political prisoners.
Pałynskaja is known for writing family history books and researching documents in archives across Belarus and other post-Soviet countries. Her public writings reflect a humanistic and anti-war stance. In June 2022, she was fined 3,200 BYN (approx. 1,230 USD) for displaying ribbons in the colours of the Ukrainian flag, and the Investigative Committee launched proceedings over her anti-war posts on Facebook. On 5 June 2022, police searched her apartment. In 2023, her younger daughter was temporarily placed in a social shelter.
Address for correspondence: Cina Pałynskaja, Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, 2 Haharyna Street, 210026 Viciebsk, Belarus.