Aksana Lakoza
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 19 June 1980
Date of detention: 10 March 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 28 July 2023
Date of release: 29 June 2024
Judge: Yulyana Shcherba
Notes: Foreign citizens
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Aksana Lakoza is a native of Ukraine but has Belarusian citizenship.
On May 16, 2023, she was convicted for participating in the 2020 protest marches under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ('Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them').
She was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
