Yuliya Mudreuskaya

editor-in-chief; sentenced her to 18 months of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 13 April 1980

Date of detention: 16 June 2022

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 23 October 2023

Judge: Alena Bushava

Groups: Journalists

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Yuliya Mudreuskaya

Yuliya Mudreuskaya is the editor-in-chief of the Avtobiznes media. She was detained on June 16, 2022. A criminal case was opened against her for 'group actions grossly violating public order' (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

She was transferred to pre-trial detention center #1.

On September 19, 2022, the trial of Mudreuskaya began in the Frunzienski District Court of Minsk. The judge Alena Bushava found her guilty and sentenced her to 18 months of imprisonment in a general security penal colony.

Later, an appeal was heard: the sentence was left unchanged. The political prisoner was sent to penal colony #4.

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