Aliaksandr Bazarau

sentenced to 2 1/2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 7 January 2001

Date of detention: 18 November 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 28 February 2024

Judge: Andrei Vasiliuk

Prosecutor: Volha Hrytskevich

Cases: Protests in Baranavičy

Aliaksandr Bazarau was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment under Part 1 of Art. 130 of the Criminal Code “Incitement to hatred” for a comment, which, according to the examination, contained “indirect incitement to violence against police officers”.

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