Natallia Karneyeva
sentenced to 3 years under home confinement
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 29 September 1977
Date of detention: 19 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: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Judge: Zhanna Khvainitskaya
Groups: Cultural workers, Teachers
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Notes: Trials in absentia
Natallia Karneyeva is an artist and teacher from Minsk. She was detained on August 19, 2022. According to preliminary information, Natallia is accused of ‘participating in group actions that grossly violated the public order’ under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for her participation in 2020 protests.
Karneyeva has two daughters, one of whom is underaged. The girl was sent to an orphanage for a while. It is known that the custody of the child was letter granted by a relative.
On November 2, 2022, the Zavadski District Court of Minsk considered the case of the political prisoner. Judge Zhanna Khvainitskaya sentenced Natallia Karneyeva to three years of restricted freedom under home confinement.
