Maryna Sankevich
sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 23 July 1994
Date of detention: 24 February 2022
Charges indicted:
Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 7 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitryi Bubenchyk
Prison: Penal colony No. 4
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Maryna Sankevich was arrested in Hrodna on February 24, 2022, for her publications on Telegram channels.
On September 5, 2022, the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced her to seven years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. She was found guilty of ‘inciting hatred’, ‘organizing and preparing group actions that violate the public order’, ‘organizing riots’, and ‘insulting the President’ under Part 1 of Article 130, Part 1 of Article 293, and Part 1 of Article 368 accordingly.
