Alena Mitskevich
in custody
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 12 October 1973
Date of detention: 5 April 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: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Judge: Alena Bushava
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Alena Mitskevich was arrested together with her husband Dzmitryi Mitskevich on April 5, 2023, at work, and taken to the Frunzienski district police station in Minsk. Dzmitryi was sentenced to 13 days of administrative arrest, and Alena to 15 days, both for "petty hooliganism".
After the administrative arrest, the spouses were not released. Instead, charges were brought against them under Article 342 of the Criminal Code ('Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them'). Now they are in remand prison #1 in Minsk.
