Halina Semechka

designer, sentenced to 3 years under house arrest

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 18 May 1987

Date of detention: 14 December 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” 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: Aliaksandr Volk

Groups: IT specialists

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Halina Semechka is a designer at Vizor Games.

She was detained on December 14, 2021. It is known that Halina was charged with group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) and transferred to pre-trial detention center.

On May 5, 2022, a verdict was passed in the Saviecki district court of Minsk. Halina was found guilty and sentenced to three years of house arrest. She was released in the courtroom.

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