Yauhen Charvinski
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 10 August 2000
Date of detention: 24 September 2020
Charges indicted:
- Art. 363 of the Criminal Code — Resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 4 January 2023
Judge: Andrei Mlechka
Prosecutor: Valeryia Taratynka
Notes: Health issues
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Yauhen Charvinski is from Minsk. On November 24, 2020, he was sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Article 363 of the Criminal Code ('Resistance to police officer').
Charvinski was accused of taking part in an unauthorized protest on September 23, 2020 and spraying a pepper spray while fleeing from the riot police. It is known that Charvinski was severely beaten during his detention. He was diagnozed with a craniocerebral trauma and numerous bruises on his face.
In early March 2022, Charvinski was transferred from remand prison #1 to penal colony #3.
On January 4, 2023, he was released after the end of his punishment term.
