Dziyana Mitskevich
released awaiting sentence commencement
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 31 March 1992
Date of detention: 12 July 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 in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Judge: Anastasiya Kulik
Prison: Released awaiting the commencement of the sentence
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Dziyana Mitskevich was detained in July 2022. She was first sentenced to 15 days of arrest and then a criminal case under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for ‘group actions grossly violating public order’ was initiated.
She was held in pre-trial detention.
On October 28, 2022, the Pieršamajski District Court of Minsk sentenced the political prisoner to two and a half years of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility. Mitskevich was released awaiting the commencement of her sentence.
