Hleb Fitsner
student, served his term, released
Date of birth: 18 March 1999
Date of detention: 12 November 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 31 May 2022
Judge: Maryna Fiodarava
Prosecutor: Anastasiya Maliko, Raman Chabatarou
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Ivan Štefanec, member of the European Parliament
Hleb Fitsner is a fourth-year student at Minsk State Linguistic University. Hleb was detained on November 12 as part of a criminal case under Art. 342, Part 1 of the Criminal Code (organization or participation in group actions that gravely violate public order).
Hleb later faced formal charges. He was first taken into custody in the KGB pre-trial prison, but then was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1.
On July 16, 2021, Fitsner was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
Hleb served his sentence in full and was released on May 31, 2022.
