Katsiaryna Aryka
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 1 September 1993
Date of detention: 2 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Judge: Viktoryia Sudnik
Prosecutor: Yaraslau Larychau
Cases: "Hay bale case"
Katsiaryna Aryka was detained for painting protest slogans on haystacks.
On September 2, 2021, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that four men and three women from Minsk, aged from 27 to 51, were detained the night before near the M1 highway. They were detained for painting protest slogans on more than 80 haystacks. A criminal case was opened against the detainees under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code (malicious hooliganism).
On January 31, the Staŭbcy District Court pronounced verdicts in the "painted hay bale case." Judge Viktoryia Sudnik sentenced Katsiaryna Aryka to 1.5 years of home confinement. Katsiaryna was released in the courtroom. During the trial, some details of the arrest were revealed: security officers came with machine guns, officers painted swastikas on the detainees, some of the detainees were beaten.
Six political prisoners in the “hay bale case” sentenced to prison. Security forces painted swastika on the detainees
