Sviatlana Sabaleuskaya

in custody

Date of birth: 2 November 1969

Date of detention: 3 April 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Viktoryia Shabunia

Sviatlana Sabaleuskaya was arrested in late March 2023. She is charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in actions grossly disrupting public order').

She is in Prison #8 in Žodzina, Minsk region.

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