Katsiaryna Filipenia

sentenced to 3 years under home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 23 July 1980

Date of detention: 16 May 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")

Katsiaryna Filipenia was detained on May 16, 2022, as part of a criminal case of group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code). She has been held in pre-trial detention since 27 May.

On August 11, 2022, Filipenia was found guilty and sentenced to three years of restricted freedom under home confinement. She was released in the courtroom.

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