Yuliya Yesis
sentenced to 3 years in open-type penal facility
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 30 July 1995
Date of detention: 31 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")
Prison sentence start date: 10 November 2022
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Yuliya Yesis (previously Yuliya Katsenia) was detained on March 31, 2022. First, she was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest, and then she was re-arrested as a defendant in a criminal case on 'group actions grossly disrupting public order' (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
On July 20, 2022, the political prisoner was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom with a referral to an open-type penal facility. She was released in the courtroom.
Yuliya Yesis is serving her sentence in open-type penal facility #10 in Viciebsk.
