Aliaksei Ihnatsenka

sentenced to 3 years and 1 month in prison

Date of detention: 11 August 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 3 years and 1 month

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Lukashevich

Prosecutor: Aksana Sakovich

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Aliaksei Ihnatsenka was arrested on August 11, 2021. He was accused of throwing a wooden door near police officers beating and kicking a person lying outside an apartment building.

His actions were described as “threatening to use violence” against police officers in order to “obstruct their lawful activities in revenge for the performance of their official activities” (Article 364 of the Criminal Code).

On November 11, 2021, the Frunzienski District Court of Minsk sentenced Aliaksei Ihnatsenka to three years and one month in a penal colony.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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