Aleksandra (Sasha) fylder sit liv med musik og kunst. Hun elsker at spille klaver, guitar, mandolin og fløjte og arrangere jamsessions for alle, der har lyst til at spille sammen.
Efter Ruslands invasion af Ukraine, var Aleksandra bekymret og havde brug for at gøre noget. Den 31. marts 2022 erstattede hun prisskiltene i et lokalt supermarked i St. Petersborg med små papirlapper. På papirlapperne var information om Ruslands bombninger af teaterskolen i Mariupol i Ukraine, hvor hundredvis af mennesker havde søgt tilflugt.
Tidligt om morgenen den 11. april 2022 anholdt politiet Aleksandra. De anklagede hende for ”offentlig formidling af kendt falsk information om den Russiske Føderations bevæbnede styrker”. Formuleringen af anklagen kom fra en ny artikel i den russiske straffelov, som var blevet haste-introduceret af den russiske regering i marts 2022. Med artiklen ville regeringen stoppe russere i at kritisere invasionen af Ukraine. Mange mennesker er allerede blevet tilbageholdt på baggrund af den nye artikel.
Aleksandra har været tilbageholdt lige siden under forfærdelige forhold. Hun har cøliaki (tarmsygdom) og har ikke fået den gluten-fri mad, hun har brug for. Så hun har sultet det meste af tiden. Hun er også blevet chikaneret af fængselspersonalet og hendes cellekammerater. Hvis hun bliver dømt, kan Aleksandra få op til 10 år i fængsel.
Bed Rusland om at løslade Aleksandra fra fængslet.
Aleksandra (or Sasha for short) fills her life with music and art. She loves playing the piano, guitar, mandolin and flute and hosting jams for anyone who wants to play together.
Troubled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Aleksandra took action on 31 March 2022. She replaced price tags in a local supermarket in St. Petersburg with little paper labels. The labels contained information about the Russian bombing of the drama school in Mariupol, where hundreds of people were taking shelter.
In the early morning of 11 April 2022, police arrested Aleksandra and charged her with “public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”. A new article of the criminal code hastily introduced by the Russian government in March 2022 to try and stop Russian people criticizing the invasion of Ukraine. Dozens of people have already been detained under this new article.
Aleksandra has been held in detention ever since, in terrible conditions. She has coeliac disease and has been forced to go hungry most of the time because the detention centre has not given her the gluten-free food she needs. Sadly, Aleksandra has also been harassed by detention centre employees and her cellmates. If she is convicted, Aleksandra faces up to 10 years in prison.
Tell Russia to free Aleksandra now