Sviatlana Sakovich
Date of birth: 12 November 1976
Date of detention: 11 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: Andrei Mlechka
Sviatlana Sakovich, a former MTZ foundry worker, was detained on August 11, 2022, for participating in the 2020 protests. She was placed in a pre-trial detention center under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (‘group actions that grossly violate the public order’).
