Illia Pirazhkou
sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom
Date of birth: 2 April 2002
Date of detention: 20 February 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: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Tatsiana Shotsik
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Ramanovich
Prison: Prison No. 4
Illia Pirazhkou is a resident of Minsk sentenced to 3 years of "khimiya" under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
The case against Illia was initiated after his involvement in a protest held on September 23, 2020, in the Sierabranka district of Minsk. Pirazhkou was accused of allegedly blocking the road and thus obstructing traffic.
The convict was sent to serve his sentence in open correctional facility No. 43 in Mahilioŭ.