Sviatlana Sharametsyeva

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 6 December 1979

Date of detention: 16 June 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: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 6 February 2023

Date of release: 1 September 2023

Judge: Siarhei Katser

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Sviatlana Sharametsyeva

Sviatlana Sharametsyeva was detained together with her husband in June 2022. They are both charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organising or actively participating in group activities grossly violating public order).

On October 18, 2022, Judge Siarhei Katser of the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Sharametsyeva to 18 months of imprisonment in a penal colony for his participation in the 2020 protests.

She was released from jail on September 1, 2023.

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