Aliaksandr Kopats

sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom

Prisoner

Date of birth: 15 February 1998

Date of detention: 13 September 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 in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 25 March 2022

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 9

Aliaksandr Kopats was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type penal colony under Article 342 of the Criminal Code. It is known that since the end of March the man has been serving his sentence in the penal colony No. 9.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 9. 210034, Vitebsk, street 3rd Chepinskaya, 39

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