Aliaksandr Khrapko
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 4 December 1993
Date of detention: 16 March 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: 1 year and 1 month
Penalty: imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony
Date of release: 15 March 2022
Judge: Yauhen Brehan
Cases: The round dance case
Aliaksandr Khrapko is a resident of Brest, a defendant in the "dancing protest trial" linked to the events of September 13, 2020, when dancing protesters were dispersed by a water cannon.
He was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
On June 3, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced Khrapko to 1 year in a maximum-security penal colony.