Natallia Hancharenka
released awaiting sentence commencement
Date of birth: 22 April 1991
Date of detention: 31 May 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 in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Judge: Yuryi Mashketau
Prison: Released awaiting the commencement of the sentence
Natallia Hancharenka was detained in late May 2022 as part of a criminal case for group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
In the ‘repentant video’ she confesses to having blocked traffic during the August 2020 protests, having subscribed to ‘extremist’ Telegram channels, and having registered with the Peramog plan.
On 31 August 2022, Judge Yury Mashketau of the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Hancharenka to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility. She was released awaiting the commencement of the sentence.
It is known that during the trial Minsktrans sued Hancharenka for 98,000 Belarusian rubles (39,000 US dollars)—it was put in separate civil proceedings.
