Maryia Zhuk
Former prisoner
Date of detention: 4 August 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: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Judge: Siarhei Katser
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Maryia Zhuk is the wife of Andrei Zhuk, the owner of the Minsk-based Banki-Butylki bar. They were detained after the singer Meryem Heraminenka performed a song in support of Ukraine in the bar on August 3. The next day after the concert, the sanitary station and Emergency Ministry officials came to inspect the bar. On the same day, Andrei Zhuk and his wife Maryia Zhuk were detained.
Maryia Zhuk is charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order').
