Katsiaryna Novikava
Prisoner
Date of birth: 26 August 1985
Date of detention: 15 June 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
- Art. 365 of the Criminal Code — Interference in the activities of a police officer
- Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
- Art. 179 of the Criminal Code — Illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life
- Art. 198 of the Criminal Code — Obstruction of a journalist lawful professional activity
- Art. 389 of the Criminal Code — Threat to a judge or lay judge
Sentence: 6 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Alena Shylko
Prison: Penal colony No. 4
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Katsiaryna Novikava was detained under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 3 of Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code (Illegal actions in relation to information about private life and personal data) and Article 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement to hatred).
On January 11, 2024, Judge Alena Shylko began to consider Katsiaryna's case in the Minsk City Court.
