Iryna Savich

in custody

Date of birth: 6 February 1967

Date of detention: 1 April 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: unknown

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

Judge: Alena Zhukovich

Iryna Savich was arrested in early April  2023. It is known that her husband Mikhail and daughter Palina Savich were arrested a few days before.

The whole family is now in Prison #8 in Žodzina, Minsk region.

Palina Savich and her parents are charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in actions grossly disrupting public order').

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