Ihar Kotau

Date of detention: 25 August 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Alena Bushava

Ihar Kotau was charged with organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, as stated in Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code. On August 25, 2023, the criminal case was brought against Ihar Kotau, and he was placed in custody.

On November 22, 2023, Judge Alena Bushava sentenced him to three years of restricted freedom without sending him to an open-type correctional institution. 

 

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