Iryna Koval

librarian, sentenced to 3 years under home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 16 March 1967

Date of detention: 9 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 under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Alena Kaptsevich

Notes: Foreign citizens

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Iryna Koval was arrested on February 9, 2022, in the framework of a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

She was charged and transferred to pre-trial detention center. 

In June 2022, the court found Iryna guilty and sentenced her to three years of restricted freedom under home confinement.

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