Ihar Nazheyeu

Prisoner

Date of birth: 20 July 1980

Date of detention: 9 October 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Anatol Sotnikau

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Ihar Nazheyeu was convicted under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them) and Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (promoting extremist activities). The outcome of the trial is unknown.

On February 16, 2024, he was added to the "list of extremists" by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

He is serving his sentence in Prison Colony No. 15.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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