Katsiaryna Kalybenka
sentenced to 3 1/2 years of restricted freedom
Date of birth: 8 June 1994
Date of detention: 10 January 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 10 January 2023
Prison: Open correctional facility No. 25
Katsiaryna Kalybenka was convicted under Articles 369 and 364 of the Criminal Code for a commentary towards an internal bodies officer posted on the Internet. She was sentenced to three years and six months of restricted freedom with a referral to an open-type penal facility.
Kalybenka was sent to serve her sentence in open-type penal colony #25 in Hrodna.
