Katsiaryna Khulkhachieva
sentenced to 2 years of penal colony; released
Date of birth: 24 May 1991
Date of detention: 29 September 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 9 February 2023
Judge: Iryna Maiko
Katsiaryna Khulkhachieva was detained on 29 September 2021 for comments related to the death of Andrei Zeltser. She is accused according to Article130 ('Inciting other social enmity'), Article 368 ('Insulting the president of Belarus'), and Article 369 ('Insulting a public official') of the Criminal Code.
It is known that Katsiaryna Khulkhachieva studied at the Minsk State Linguistic University. She was expelled from the university in absentia in January 2022. She has a little son.
In early February 2023, the political prisoner was transferred from remand prison #8 Žodzina (Minsk region) to remand prison #1 in Minsk.
On February 9, 2023, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Khulkhachieva to 24 months of imprisonment in a general security penal colony. Taking into account the pre-trial detention time, she was released in the courtroom.
