Viktoryia Zhdanovich
software engineer, sentenced to 1 year under home confinement
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 27 August 1998
Date of detention: 2 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: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 10 February 2023
Date of release: 12 May 2023
Judge: Siarhei Shatsila
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Groups: Students
Viktoryia Zhdanovich is a software engineer. She is accused of participating in 2020 protests, blocking traffic, and subscribing to ‘extremist’ Telegram channels. She was arrested together with her partner, political prisoner Raman Bahryi.
She was placed in pre-trial detention center.
On October 26, 2022, Zhdanovich was found guilty of ‘group actions that grossly violate the public order’ (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to 12 months of restricted freedom under home confinement.
