Yauhen Barouski
sentenced to 4 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 30 October 1990
Date of detention: 15 October 2020
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 15 June 2024
Judge: Yuliya Blizniuk
Prosecutor: Valeryia Taratynka
Notes: Health issues
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Yauhen Barouski is a resident of Minsk sentenced to four years in a penal colony under Art. 364 (violence against a police officer) and Art. 342 (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order) of the Criminal Code.
The events for which the man was convicted took place on October 11, 2020. During the dispersal of the "March of Honor" near the Puškinskaja metro station in Minsk, he and three other defendants, according to the investigation, prevented riot police from detaining a protester, started a fight with them, hit them several times on the heads and broke the glass in a police car.
Barouski pleaded not guilty.
On April 2, 2021, the Frunzienski District Court of Minsk sentenced Barouski to 4 years in a general-security penal colony.
