Ivan Haurylau

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 28 August 1992

Date of detention: 12 January 2022

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: 2 April 2022

Judge: Yauhen Yerafeyeu

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 9

Ivan Haurylau was convicted under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Participation in group actions grossly violating public order) for his participation in protests in August 2020. 

According to the investigation, Ivan Haurylau and Aliaksei Dudko, along with other residents of Žlobin, took an active part in the mass protests that took place in Žlobin on August 9–10, 2020. They did not respond to appeals of police officers to stop unlawful actions, shouted slogans, rudely violated public order and interfered with the work of public transport and public institutions.

Judge Yauhen Yerafeyeu sentenced Ivan Haurylau and Aliaksei Dudko to two and a half years of restricted freedom in an open-type penitentiary. 

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 9. 210034, Vitebsk, street 3rd Chepinskaya, 39

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