Aliaksandr Novash

sentenced to 1 1/2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 11 May 1991

Date of detention: 22 December 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 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 31 March 2023

Judge: Volha Dubovik

Prosecutor: Yuliya Zhuk

Aliaksandr Novash

Aliaksandr Novash was arrested in Maladziečna on December 22, 2021, in a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

He was charged and transferred to pre-trial detention center.

On April 12, 2022, Judge Volha Dubovik pronounced the verdict. She found Aliaksandr Novash guilty and sentenced him to 18 months in a general-security penal colony.

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