Yauhen Karpau
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 9 December 1993
Date of detention: 28 May 2022
Charges indicted:
- Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code — Participation or preparing to participate in hostilities on foreign soil by a Republic of Belarus citizen
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 6 September 2024
Judge: Halina Sviatko
Notes: War in Ukraine
Yauhen Karpau in court
Yauhen Karpau was convicted of ‘attempted participation in hostilities on foreign soil’ for joining the defenders of sovereign Ukraine under Part 1 of Article 14 and Part 1 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
