Anzhela Sikorskaya

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 26 March 1974

Date of detention: 15 June 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
  • Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 16 September 2024

Judge: Siarhei Katser

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Godparent: Samira Marti, (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz, Switzerland)

Anzhela Sikorskaya

Anzhela Sikorskaya was convicted under Article 391 (Insulting a judge), Article 369 (Insulting a government official), Part 1 of Article 368 (Insulting Lukashenka), Part 2 of Article 366 (Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty).

The case was considered by the Judge of Maskouski District Court Siarhei Katser. He sentenced Anzhela to four years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

She was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.

 

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