Ihar Pazniakou
sentenced to 2 1/2 years
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 17 July 1970
Date of detention: 30 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 7 April 2022
Date of release: 27 January 2024
Judge: Vital Labotski
Prosecutor: Alena Dailida
Cases: Protests in Hrodna
Ihar Pazniakou, a resident of Hrodna, was detained on September 30, 2021, together with his wife Alena Yahorychava in the frames of a criminal case under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
On February 3, 2022, Judge Vitaliy Labotskiy found Ihar guilty and sentenced him to two and a half years of restricted freedom in an open-type penitentiary. The political prisoner was released from custody before being sent to the penitentiary.
