Dzmitryi Hapaniuk
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 8 June 1990
Date of detention: 9 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: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 19 May 2023
Date of release: 6 May 2024
Judge: Ihar Zhytko
Cases: The round dance case
Dzmitryi Hapaniuk was detained on January 9, 2023 as a defendant in a criminal case initiated in Brest following the events of September 13, 2020, when the protesters danced on the crossroads (the so-called "round dance case").
Hapaniuk was taken into custody under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in group actions grossly breaching public order').
