Maryna Sachyuka
sentenced to 2 years of freedom restriction
Date of birth: 10 March 1982
Date of detention: 16 November 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 4 July 2022
Judge: Siarhei Katser
On April 4, 2022, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Maryna Sachyuka to two (2) years of freedom restriction with a referral to an open-type penal facility, under Article 369 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of government official'), for an offensive comment about Prosecutor Assistant Alina Kasyanchyk posted on a Telegram channel.
She served her sentence from July 2022.
In mid-January 2023, her sentence was changed to freedom restriction without a referral to an open-type penal facility in connection with her health issues.
