Tatsiana Zayats
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 25 February 1984
Date of detention: 16 February 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 191 of the Criminal Code — Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 15 September 2023
Judge: Anzhela Kastsiukevich
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Tatsiana Zayats was arrested in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code (Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights, the right to participate in a referendum). The case was brought for distributing and mailing leaflets with an appeal to count votes honestly.
On September 13, 2022, the Zavodzki District Court of Minsk started hearing the case of a political prisoner. On September 23, Zayats was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
Tatsiana was released from jail on September 15, 2023.
