Dzmitryi Brel

sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment

Date of birth: 9 November 1995

Date of detention: 9 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: 15 months

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 3 October 2022

Judge: Stanislau Ivaniutsenka

Dzmitryi Brel, a Rečyca resident, was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony in November 2021. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code. It is known that after the appeal the sentence was upheld on January 19, 2022.

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