Aliaksandr Huzanau
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 21 May 1997
Date of detention: 25 January 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Date of release: 20 May 2023
Judge: Artsiom Manzhos
Cases: Protests in Homieĺ
Aliaksandr Huzanau was arrested in Homieĺ on January 25, 2022.
The police released a video of his brutal arrest. Several security officers attacked him and put him face down in the snow, and then pulled him into a car. The operation was carried out by the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) and riot police officers. In the video, the guy says that he didn’t know why he had been arrested. According to police witnesses, in the summer of 2020, Uladzimir had posted in the local chat advice to take to the streets and called drivers to block the city traffic with their cars.
He was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, the guy was taken into custody.
