Marharyta Blashko
sentenced to 3 years of freedom restrictions
Date of birth: 26 December 1994
Date of detention: 28 February 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 in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Marharyta Blashko was arrested on February 28, 2022, at an anti-war rally in Minsk for honking her horn. The Investigative Committee found a video of the 2020 rally on her phone.
Marharyta was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Group actions grossly violating public order).
In June 2022, the court found Marharyta guilty and sentenced her to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type penitentiary.
