Aliaksei Ivanou
co-owner of educational center, sentenced to 2 1/2 years of home confinement
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 13 November 1978
Date of detention: 3 January 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Date of release: 25 May 2023
Judge: Katsiaryna Murashka
Groups: Businessmen
Cases: Protests in Minsk
The co-owner of the 100 Points educational center Aliaksei Ivanou was arrested. In the "penance video", he was forced to state his total annual income and to "confess" to participation in the protest actions in 2020.
Yauhen Liviant, the head of the 100 Points" tutoring center, was arrested earlier, as well as his wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law.
On May 19, 2023, the trial of Yauhen Liviant, his family, and his colleagues, including Aliaksei Ivanou, began in the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk.
On May 25, 2023, Judge Katsiaryna Murashka sentenced Aliaksei Ivanou to two years and six months of freedom restriction under home confinement.
The political prisoner was released from custody in the courtroom and released from remand prison #1 (in Minsk).
