Dzianis Karaban

sentenced to 2 1/2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 2 February 1990

Date of detention: 6 January 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 3 June 2024

Judge: Katsiaryna Hruda

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Zheshka

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Cases: The Zeltser case

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Dzianis Karaban was arrested on January 6, 2022, in a criminal case under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement to hatred) for his comment on the social network regarding the “Zeltser case”.

His trial began on February 9, 2022. On April 4, Brest Regional Court sentenced Dzianis to 2.5 years imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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