Mikita Drozd
sentenced to 3 years of home confinement
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 26 July 1997
Date of detention: 28 December 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: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Date of release: 25 May 2023
Judge: Katsiaryna Murashka
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Mikita Drozd, the husband of the political prisoner Hanna Liviant, was indicted under Article 342 of the Criminal Code ('Organization and preparation of actions grossly breaching public order').
On May 19, 2023, the trial of the famous teacher Yauhen Liviant began in the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk. In the criminal case, along with Yauhen Liviant, there were six more defendants, including his wife, his daughter, his son-in-law Mikita Drozd, and his colleague.
On May 25, 2023, Judge Katsiaryna Murashka sentenced Mikita Drozd to three years of freedom restriction under home confinement.
The political prisoner was released from custody in the courtroom and released from remand prison #1 (in Minsk).
