Maryna Hatsura

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 27 December 1964

Date of detention: 23 January 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Viktoryia Paliashchuk

Notes: «Solidarity Raid»

Maryna Hatsura was arrested on January 23, 2024 during a mass raid by law enforcement agencies on relatives of political prisoners and people who help them.

Maryna is being held in pre-trial detention center No. 8 in Žodzina.

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