Iryna Bud-Husaim
accountant of Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions; sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment
Date of detention: 19 April 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Valiantsina Ziankevich
Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 1
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Bruno Belin, Member of the French Senate
Iryna Bud-Husaim is an accountant of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BCDTU). She was arrested on April 19, 2022, as part of a criminal case and placed in a pre-trial detention center. According to the preliminary information, she was charged with Article 342 of the Criminal Code ('group actions that grossly violate public order').
On December 20, 2022, the trial began in the City Court of Minsk. On December 26, the verdict was passed: Bud-Husaim was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. This is the very punishment the prosecution asked for.