Hanna Charkas

Date of birth: 27 January 1984

Date of detention: 17 November 2023

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: 2 1/2 years

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

Judge: Volha Yemialyanchanka

Hanna Charkas was detained on November 17, 2023. She is charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them) for participation in protests in 2020.

She is being held in a pre-trial detention center.

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