Alesia Kureichyk

bank employee, sentenced to 3 years under home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 9 November 1996

Date of detention: 24 May 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: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Tatsiana Pirozhnikava

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Alesia Kureichyk, an employee of Alfa-bank, was detained in May 2022 as part of a criminal case for group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) for participating in protests in August 2020.

On July 29, 2022, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk found her guilty and sentenced her to three years of restricted freedom under home confinement.

Bank employee convicted for participating in protests in 2020

On July 29, 2022, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk passed a verdict in the criminal case against Alesia Kureichyk, a bank employee accused of ‘actively participating in actions that grossly violate public order’ under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code.

 

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