Ryta Zotava
student, sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 25 January 2002
Date of detention: 28 December 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 341 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of structures and damage to property
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Piotr Tsyhanok
Prosecutor: Dzianis Lapitski
Prison: Penal colony No. 4
Ryta Zotava was arrested on December 28, 2021, for posting leaflets, the content of which, according to investigators, was degrading to OMON officers. She was accused of inciting social hatred (Article 130 of the Criminal Code).
Ryta was held in pre-trial detention.
On March 23, 2022, Judge Piotr Tsyhanok sentenced her to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.