Dzmitryi Horbach

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 14 May 1995

Date of detention: 8 September 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 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 30 January 2023

Judge: Vital Labotski

Cases: Protests in Hrodna

On August 10, 2020, Dzmitry Horbach was driving in the Hrodna city center and honking, thus greeting the protesters.

For that, Dzmitry was charged for organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced to one and a half years in prison. 

A disabled man from Hrodna sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for honking

Another verdict in a criminal case related to protests in Hrodna on August 10, 2020 was announced in the Kastryčnicki District Court of Hrodna. Dzmitryj Horbach was tried for organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

 

 

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