Halina Lahatskaya
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 29 June 1960
Date of detention: 9 April 2024
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: Volha Laurynovich
Groups: Activists
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Notes: Retirement age, War in Ukraine
Halina Lahatskaya is an activist and pensioner.
She was detained on April 9, 2024, when she went to the Kastryčnitski District Police Department of Minsk to pick up her phone, which had been taken from her two years ago and never returned. In March 2022, Halina was sentenced to 15 days of arrest for distributing leaflets entitled "No War." This was deemed to be "unauthorized picketing." The police informed Halina that they were prepared to return her phone and invited her to the police department.
The specifics of the charges have not been disclosed. It is known that she was detained under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them).
