Katsiaryna Nikitsenka
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 16 June 1986
Date of detention: 28 November 2021
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: Zhanna Khvainitskaya
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Kaciaryna Nikicienka was detained in Minsk under part 2 of article 342 of the Criminal Code (training or other preparation of persons to participate in group actions that grossly violate the public order, as well as financing or other material support of such activities in the absence of signs of a more serious crime) on November 28, 2021. She was held in a pre-trial detention facility.
On May 13, 2022, Zavadski District Court of Minsk passed a verdict in the case of Kaciaryna. She was sentenced to three years under home confinement. The woman was released in the courtroom.
