Katsiaryna Aleksiyan
released to home confinement
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 14 November 1983
Date of detention: 15 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: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Judge: Zhanna Khvainitskaya
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Katsiaryna Aleksiyan was arrested on March 15, 2022. It is known that she was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order)/
Katsiaryna was placed in pre-trial detention center.
On June 3, 2022, Katsiaryna was sentenced to two and a half years under home confinement in the Zavadski District Court of Minsk. Judge Zhanna Khvainitskaya found her guilty under part 1 of article 342 of the Criminal Code (participation in actions that grossly violate the public order). The political prisoner was released in the courtroom.
During the trial Minsktrans sued her for ‘blocking roads’ in the amount of 22,000 rubles. The case was taken to civil proceedings.
