Halina Smirnova

in custody

Date of birth: 29 August 1962

Date of detention: 24 March 2023

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 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Date of release: 19 June 2023

Judge: Volha Serakova

Halina Smirnova is an activist from Babrujsk, Mahilioŭ region. She was detained on March 24, 2023.

First, she was detained under Article 108 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Detention on suspicion of committing a crime). Later it became known that she had been charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them).

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