Dzmitryi Pautarak
sentenced to 3 years freedom restriction
Date of birth: 1 June 1987
Date of detention: 9 March 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: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 9 March 2023
Judge: Alena Zhukovich
Prison: Open correctional facility No. 17
Dzmitryi Pautarak was arrested in March 2023. According to pro-government Telegram channels, he was accused of participating in peaceful protests in 2020. Dzmitryi Pautarak was seen in a journalist's video of the protests in the first days after the 2020 elections.
It is known that he was found guilty under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them) and sentenced to three years of freedom restriction with a referral to an open-type penal facility.
