Viktar Matsiaikovich
sentenced to 3 years under home confinement
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: Alena Zhukovich
Viktar Matsiaikovich was detained for participation in the protests in 2020 and a criminal case was opened against him for ‘active participation in group actions that grossly violate the public order’ (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
On November 23, 2022, Judge Alena Zhukovich of the Savietski District Court of Minsk sentenced Matsiaikovich to three years of restricted freedom under home confinement. The political prisoner was released from custody in the courtroom.
