Ihar Krauchanka

Sentenced to 3 years under home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 23 October 1969

Date of detention: 25 February 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — 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: Tatsiana Pirozhnikava

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Ihar Krauchanka was detained at the end of February 2022 as part of a criminal case for group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

On June 13, 2022, the Maskouski District Court of Minsk passed a verdict in the case ofIhar Krauchanka. Judge Tatsiana Pirozhnikava found him guilty and sentenced him to three years of restriction of freedom under home confinement

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