Illia Labatsevich
released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 16 December 1982
Date of detention: 14 September 2020
Charges indicted:
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 11 January 2022
Judge: Vital Lapko
Illia Labatsevich is a resident of Navapolack.
He was convicted of violent actions against a police officer (Article 364 of the Criminal Code).
On September 14, in one of the Sunday protests, Labatsevich was walking with his mother when riot police started beating a man in front of them. They decided to stand up for the guy. As a result, they were also beaten. Labatsevich tried to protect his mother, for which he received a severe blow to the head with a truncheon.
On November 27, the Navapolack District Court sentenced Illia Labatsevich to one and a half years in a general-security penal colony.
Illia served his sentence in full and was released on January 11, 2022.
