Aleh Ramanchyk

sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom

Prisoner

Date of birth: 25 October 1983

Date of detention: 22 April 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • art. 188 of the Criminal Code — Defamation
  • Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 22 April 2022

Judge: Aksana Tabola

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 55

Notes: Parents of three or more children

Aleh Ramanchyk was convicted of ‘slandering’‘unlawfully disclosing personal data’, and ‘participating in actions that grossly violate the public order’ under Article 188, Part 2 of Article 203-1, and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code respectively for distributing flyers with the prosecutor's personal data and information about his activities and participating in a peaceful protest. Ramanchuk was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility and has started to serve his sentence.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 55. 220021, Minsk, vulica Sacyjalistyčnaja, 7

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