human rights defender
Tatiana Kouzina
Actions and Campaigns
Organization affiliation
- SYMPA (The School of Young Managers in Public Administration)
HRD's year of birth
1973
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Academic
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Economic, social and cultural rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
HRD's bio and work
Tatiana Kouzina is a board member and a co-founder of SYMPA (The School of Young Managers in Public Administration), and an expert for the Bipart research project. She holds a Master in Political Science.
Current Status
Pardoned
Detained since
Jun 28, 2021
Date of release
Sep 16, 2026
Charge(s)
- Other
- Subversion
Sentence
10 years
Latitude: 52.43
Longitude: 30.94
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Homieĺ
Location of detention - Facility
Penal colony No. 4. 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 4
Recent case update / evolution
On 16 September 2026, she was released as a result of negotiations between U.S. Special Envoy John Coale and the Lukashenka regime, along with 24 other political prisoners, and forcibly transferred to Lithuania.
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