Alena Latushka
sentenced to 2 1/2 years under home confinement
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 22 October 1978
Date of detention: 25 August 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Judge: Tatsiana Akavitaya
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Alena Latushka was detained on August 25, 2022. Her home was searched as part of a criminal case on ‘group actions grossly violating public order’ (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
Latushka's husband is also a political prisoner, Anatol Latushka.
On 10 October 2022, the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk heard the case of a political prisoner. Judge Tatsiana Akavitaya sentenced Latushka to two and a half years of freedom restriction under home confinement.