Iryna Sankouskaya
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 30 December 1964
Date of detention: 14 September 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 August 2024
Judge: Maryia Aliferuk
Prosecutor: Hleb Melnikau
Notes: Pardon / amnesty, Retirement age
Iryna Sankouskaya was detained for insulting comments about Lukashenka and Yuryi Karayeu. The woman also posted a picture of a red-green flag with a Nazi swastika on it.
On December 14, 2023, she was convicted under Article 370 (Desecration of state symbols), Part 1 of Article 368 (Insulting Lukashenka), Article 369 (Insulting a government official) of the Criminal Code. Judge Maryia Aliferuk sentenced Iryna to one year and six months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
She was pardoned and released on August 20, 2024.
