Hanna Huzava

nurse, sentenced to home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 July 1997

Date of detention: 16 February 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: unknown

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

Judge: Aleh Kaliada

Groups: Doctors

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Hanna Huzava is a procedure nurse at a polyclinic in Minsk. She was first arrested as a defendant in a criminal case in August 2021, but then her case was suspended and she was involved as a witness.

In mid-February 2023, Hanna Huzava was summoned for questioning, after which she was arrested for participating in the 2020 protest actions. She was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in actions grossly disrupting public order').

The trial of Hanna Huzava was scheduled for May 29, 2023, in the Zavodski District Court of Minsk. Judge Aleh Kaliada was to hold the trial.

Hanna Huzava was sentenced to freedom restriction under home confinement.

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