Kasia Budzko
student, activist of the Belarusian Students' Association, served full term, released
Date of birth: 25 May 2001
Date of detention: 12 November 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 30 November 2022
Judge: Maryna Fiodarava
Prosecutor: Anastasiya Maliko, Raman Chabatarou
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Markéta Gregorová, member of the European Parliament
Kasia Budzko is an activist of the Belarusian Students' Association and a student of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University. She was detained on November 12 as part of a criminal case under Art. 342 part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (organization or participation in group actions that gravely breach public order). Her apartment was searched. Kasya is held in the KGB pre-trial prison.
On July 16, 2021, Budzko was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.
The political prisoner served her sentence in full and was released on November 30, 2022.