Katsiaryna Tsevan

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 23 July 1992

Date of detention: 10 October 2023

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: 2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Alena Kaptsevich

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Katsiaryna Tsevan was detained on October 10, 2023. She is charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them). 

According to pro-government telegram channels, she sang Mahutny Bozha at the Philharmonic in August 2020.

The court hearing for the case was scheduled for December 27, 2023, at the Zavodski District Court in Minsk. The case was presided over by Judge Alena Kaptsevich, who sentenced Katsiaryna to two years of restricted freedom under home confinement (domashnyaya khimiya).

 

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