Alena Yahorychava
sentenced to 2 1/2 years
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 8 August 1975
Date of detention: 30 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 3 January 2024
Judge: Vital Labotski
Prosecutor: Alena Dailida
Cases: Protests in Hrodna
Alena Yahorychava, a resident of Hrodna, was detained on September 30, 2021 together with her husband Ihar Pazniakou in the frames of a criminal case under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
On February 3, 2022, Judge Vital Labotski found Alena Yahorychava guilty and sentenced her to two years of restricted freedom under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code and two years of imprisonment under Article 364 of the Criminal Code, the sentences totaling two and a half years in a general-security penal colony.
She was released from prison in early 2024.
