Viktoria Kokhanovska placed under round-the-clock house arrest

Viktoria Kokhanovska. Photo: UOJ

On April 21, 2023, the Pechersk District Court placed Viktoria Kokhanovska under round-the-clock house arrest. This was announced by the lawyer of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Priest Nikita Chekman.

Viktoria was “applied a preventive measure in the form of round-the-clock house arrest with the wearing of an electronic means of control,” Nikita Chekman wrote in his telegram.

He also said that "the prosecutor was ordered to conduct an investigation into the circumstances of her detention."

Earlier, the UOJ wrote that unknown people had kidnapped human rights activist Viktoria Kokhanovska.

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