Ihar Harchaniuk

sentenced to 4 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 14 April 1990

Date of detention: 12 April 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 10 November 2024

Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk

Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko

Cases: Protests in Brest

Ihar Harchaniuk is a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots) opened after the protests in the city in August 2020.

Harchaniuk was detained for the first time for 72 hours on October 23, 2020. He was then released on bail, but was detained again on April 12, 2021. The man was then remanded in a pre-trial prison.

On November 8, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced the political prisoner to 4 years in a medium-security penal colony on charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.

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