Daniil Khabavets

sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 16 August 1992

Date of detention: 2 April 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 3 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 2 May 2024

Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk

Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko

Cases: Protests in Brest

Daniil Khabavets is a defendant in the case of mass riots opened after the events of August 10, 2020 in Brest.

Khabavets was detained on April 2, 2021 and taken into custody in pre-trial detention center No. 7.

On November 8, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced the political prisoner to 3 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony on charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.

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