Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
"case of the Coordinating Council"
Date of birth: 11 September 1982
Charges indicted:
Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 191 of the Criminal Code — Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights
Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way
Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason
Part 1 of Article 13 and Article 293 of the Criminal Code — Preparation for mass riots
Sentence: 15 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Piotr Arlou
Prosecutor: Mikhail Kavaliou
On March 6, 2023 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Pavel Latushka, Volha Kavalkova, Maryia Maroz, and Siarhei Dyleuski were convicted in absentia at the Minsk Municipal Court. The verdict of Judge Piotr Arlou is 15 years of imprisonment for Tsikhanouskaya, 18 years for Latushka, and 12 years for Kavalkova, Maroz, and Dyleuski. Prosecutor Mikhail Kavaliou represented the state prosecution.
Tsikhanouskaya and Latushka sentenced to long prison terms in absentia