Yan Stsiatsenka

sentenced to 2 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 4 April 1999

Date of detention: 2 August 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: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 24 July 2023

Judge: Yauhen Yerafeyeu

Prosecutor: Panchanka

Cases: Protests in Žlobin

Yan Stsiatsenka is a resident of Homieĺ sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (group actions that grossly violate public order).

He and Andrei Parkhamovich were convicted in connection with the events of August 9, 2020. The investigation argued they took part in a series of protests, disobeyed the authorities and obstructed traffic.

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