Bärbel Bohley (24 May 1945 – 11 September 2010) was an East German opposition figure and artist.

As an artist, Bohley won prizes from the authorities, including a trip to the Soviet Union.

[1] In 1983 she was expelled from the GDR artists federation (VBK) and was banned from travelling abroad or exhibiting her work in East Germany.

After the unification of Germany in 1990 she was involved in several court trials because she publicly proclaimed Gregor Gysi to have been a Stasi informer.

Bohley spent several days in prison because she would neither publicly retract the statement nor pay a fine.