Ihar Povarau

employee of BMZ, sentenced to 3 years in prison

Date of birth: 23 May 1990

Date of detention: 23 Nov 2020

Charges indicted:

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

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Statement on the status of a political prisoner

Ihar Povarau is an employee of the BMZ steel works in Žlobin. He was detained on November 23 for organizing a strike at the enterprise on August 17. Ihar and several other employees were charged under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (group actions that grossly violate public order).

The workers were accused of blocking the movement of support vehicles in an act of protest against election fraud and violent crackdown on peaceful protesters. According to the employer, the strike caused financial damage to the enterprise, which it estimated at 1,080 rubles (340 euros).

On February 1, the Žlobin District Court sentenced Ihar Povarau to three years in a general-security penal colony.

Povarau pleaded not guilty.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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