Dzmitryi Safanovich

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 6 September 1978

Date of detention: 27 February 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Bratanava

Dzmitryi Safanovich was accused under Part 1 of Article 342 ('Organization and preparation of or active participation in actions grossly disrupting public order') and Part 1 of Article 367 ('Slander against the president of Belarus') of the Criminal Code.

On February 27, 2023, he was arrested and placed in custody for more than 3 months.

On June 2, 2023, judge Sviatlana Bratanava of the Luniniec District Court sentenced Dzmitryi Safanovich to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony, as requested by the prosecutor.

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