Iryna Jaumienienka

released awaiting sentence commencement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 21 February 1988

Date of detention: 27 February 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: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Judge: Anastasiya Osipchyk

Groups: Businessmen, Teachers

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Iryna Jaumienienka

Iryna Jeumianienka is a Minsk State Linguistic University alumni, she runs her own travel agency. Iryna worked as a teacher of French in a secondary school. She planned to organize gastronomic tours to the south of France.

Iryna Jeumianienka was arrested on February 27, 2022, on the day of the referendum. At first, she was sentenced to 15 days, and then charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them) and transferred to a detention center.

On June 10, 2022, Iryna was found guilty and sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility. She was released awaiting the commencement of her sentence.

 

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