Dzianis Lazouski
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 29 March 1993
Date of detention: 17 August 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 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 2 May 2022
Date of release: 9 December 2023
Judge: Tatsiana Pirozhnikava
Prosecutor: Fiodar Sinitski
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Dzianis Lazouski was detained and charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions grossly violating public order).
On November 2, 2021, Dzianis Lazouski was sentenced by the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk to three years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary ("khimiya") under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for participating in an election night protest in Minsk. After two and a half months of detention, Lazouski was released to wait for an appeal hearing.
