Yuliya Makas

sentenced to 3 years under home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 1 September 1987

Date of detention: 21 March 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: Volha Yemelyanchanka

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Yuliya Makas

Yuliya Makas was detained in a criminal case of group actions that grossly violate public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) for participation in a protest.

On June 28, 2022, she was sentenced to three years of home confinement.

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