Ivan Marozau

Belarusian-language Livejournal blogger

Date of birth: 8 July 1983

Date of detention: 9 January 2023

Charges indicted:

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

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 1

Ivan Marozau, one of the frist Belarusian-language Livejournal bloggers, was placed in remand prison #1 in Minsk.

His arrest became known on January 9. He was reported to be accused of participating in the protests in 2020.

Besides, his obviously joking comment that he would attack law enforcers with HIMARS missiles if he had them in his own garage, was taken seriously.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 220030, Minsk, vulica Valadarskaha 2

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