Ihar Khartanovich
sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 24 April 1973
Date of detention: 5 August 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Aliaksandr Mishurau
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Ihar Khartanovich is a foreman at the elevator of Lidakhlebaprodukt (a major manufacturer of flour products in Belarus). He was arrested on August 5, 2022, at his workplace, by fully armed riot policemen. Allegedly Khartanovich participated in protest actions in 2020.
On November 3, 2022, in the Lida District Court, Judge Aliaksandr Mishurau sentenced Khartanovich to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
He was found guilty under three articles of the Criminal Code:
- Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 367 ('Slander against the President of Belarus')
- Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 368 ('Contempt of the President of Belarus')
- Part 2 of Article 366 ('Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty')
