Maryna Neudakh

software tester, sentenced to 3 years, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 13 April 1984

Date of detention: 16 December 2021

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: Zhanna Khvainitskaya

Groups: IT specialists

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Maryna Neudakh is a software tester at EPAM company, she has two minor children.

Maryna was detained on December 16, 2021, in the framework of a criminal case on group actions that grossly violate public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

Maryna was transferred to a pre-trial detention center.

On March 17, 2022, Zavadski district court of Minsk found Maryna Neudakh guilty of committing a crime under part 1 of article 342 (Organization and preparation of actions violating public order or active participation in them) and sentenced her to three years of home confinement and imposed a fine.

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