Natallia Kruk
Prisoner
Date of birth: 14 August 1984
Date of detention: 7 August 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Zhanna Brysina
Prison: Penal colony No. 4
Natallia Kruk was arrested on August 7, 2023, following her return from Poland. As her Telegram account was linked to her own Belarusian number, she could be easily identified.
She was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code (Calls for sanctions) and Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Active participation in group events that grossly violate public order).
On May 7, 2024, the trial commenced in Minsk City Court. The presiding judge is Zhanna Brysina.
