Anzhela Sikorskaya
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 26 March 1974
Date of detention: 15 June 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
- Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 16 September 2024
Judge: Siarhei Katser
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Samira Marti, (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz, Switzerland)
Anzhela Sikorskaya was convicted under Article 391 (Insulting a judge), Article 369 (Insulting a government official), Part 1 of Article 368 (Insulting Lukashenka), Part 2 of Article 366 (Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty).
The case was considered by the Judge of Maskouski District Court Siarhei Katser. He sentenced Anzhela to four years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
She was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.
