Political persecution:
On 17 April 2025, Volha Sitnik was detained for the first time in a politically motivated case but was released.
On 7 May, she was detained again and spent 10 days in the detention centre on Akrescina Street. She was not released afterwards and was transferred to a pre-trial detention facility in connection with a politically motivated criminal case. She was held in Detention Centre No. 1.
In June 2025, the security services used one of Volha Sitnik’s Telegram accounts to disseminate information favourable to them in Belarusian diaspora chat groups.
On 23 July 2025, human rights defenders recognised Volha Sitnik as a political prisoner.
On 23 December 2025, it became known that she had been sentenced to home confinement.
Creative activity:
Volha Sitnik was born on 24 January 1983.
Since 2009, she has written Wikipedia articles on the history and culture of Belarus, as well as on historical figures, architectural monuments, flora, and fauna. She is the author of several thousand articles and approximately 200,000 edits.
She lives in Minsk and has three underage children.
Place of detention:
Home confinement.