Halina Haratskevich

sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 14 August

Date of detention: 29 March 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 363 of the Criminal Code — Resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 7 November 2021

Judge: Maksim Halubovich

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 1

Halina Haratskevich was sentenced on August 16, 2021 by the Kastryčnicki District Court of Hrodna to three years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 342 and 364 of the Criminal Code for participation in a peaceful assembly and resisting its violent dispersal.

The charges stem from Haratskevich's involvement in a protest held in Hrodna on September 6, 2020.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 1. 224025, Brest, Belarusskaya str., 84a

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