Maryia Shahieva

sentenced to 3 years under home confinement

Date of birth: 20 July 1994

Date of detention: 26 April 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Zhanna Khvainitskaya

Maryia Shahieva

Maryia Shahieva was detained on April 26, 2022, as part of the criminal case of group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code). She was placed in a pre-trial detention center.

On June 27, 2022, Zavadski District Court of Minsk considered the case of a political prisoner. Judge Zhanna Khvainitskaya found Maryia guilty and sentenced her to three years of restricted freedom under home confinement.

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