Iryna Pryhava from Brest was arrested on March 10, 2022, as a defendant in a criminal case under two articles of the Criminal Code: Article 339 ('Hooliganism') and Article 341 ('Property damage'). She was accused of throwing around small white-red-white flags and placed in remand prison #7 in Brest.

On July 22, 2022, the Investigative Committee also charged Pryhava with ‘insulting the President of Belarus’ under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 368—the prosecution alleged that she had left insulting slogans on buildings.

The trial began on August 11, 2022, in the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest. During the debate on August 12, prosecutor Yahor Kronda required 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony as a punishment for Iryna Pryhava. On August 16, Judge Tatsiana Lauraniuk announced the verdict requested by the prosecutor.

In early October 2022, Iryna Pryhava was transferred from remand prison № 7 in Brest to remand prison #6 in Baranavičy (Brest region). Besides, human rights defenders learned that not a single letter had arrived from Iryna Pryhava for four months, and the correspondence sent to her was returned to the addressees.

In late October 2022, Iryna Pryhava was transferred to women's penal colony #4 in Homieĺ.

In November 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs added the police prisoner to the 'List of persons involved in extremist activities'.

In late May 2023, Iryna Pryhava was released, having served her full sentence.

Political prisoner gets 18 months in jail for protest slogans and ribbons

On August 16, 2022, the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest considered the case of political prisoner Iryna Pryhava, who was charged under three criminal articles: Parts 1 and 2 of Article 368 ‘Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus’, Part 1 of Article 339 ‘Hooliganism’ and Article 341 ‘Desecration of buildings and damage to property’.