Hleb Hatouka
sentenced to 4 years in prison
Date of birth: 21 April 2000
Date of detention: 14 July 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Art. 363 of the Criminal Code — Resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order
Art. 435 of the Criminal Code - Evasion of conscription measures
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a high security prison
Date of release: 25 March 2024
Judge: Aliaksandr Rudenka
Prosecutor: Viktar Zavadzich
Hleb Hatouka is a 21-year-old resident of Minsk. On December 31, 2020, he was sentenced by the Kastryčnicki District Court of Minsk to four years in prison for the events of July 14 under four articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Art. 342 (organization of group actions that grossly violate public order), Art. 364 (violence or threat of violence against a police officer), Part 2 of Art. 363 (resistance to a riot police officer), and Art. 435 (evasion of military conscription).
Hleb was accused of taking part in a spontaneous rally after two of the most popular alternative presidential candidates were denied registration. He allegedly kicked a riot police officer, Aliaksei Misiuchenka, and disobeyed senior riot police lieutenant Dzmitry Chernik, as he evaded conscription for fear of contracting the coronavirus when in the army.
