Iryna Savashynskaya

sentenced to 2 years of home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 8 June 1986

Date of detention: 23 February 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Uladzimir Pazniak

Cases: Protests in Hrodna

Iryna Savashynskaya was arrested on February 23, 2023, in Hrodna, near a food store. A search was conducted at her home.

Later it became known that a criminal case was opened against her under Article 342 of the Criminal Code ('Organization of or active participation in group actions grossly disrupting public order'). She was kept in a pre-trial detention center.

On June 23, 2023, the Kastryčnicki District Court of Hrodna sentenced Iryna Savashynskaya to 24 months of freedom restriction under home confinement.

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