Yauhen Korzhal
sentenced to 2 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 6 August 1997
Date of detention: 11 August 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 11 June 2023
Judge: Dzmitryi Lukashevich
Prosecutor: Aksana Sakovich
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Yauhen Korzhal was arrested on August 11, 2021. He was accused of throwing a wooden door near police officers beating and kicking a person lying outside an apartment building.
His actions were described as “threatening to use violence” against police officers in order to “obstruct their lawful activities in revenge for the performance of their official activities” (Article 364 of the Criminal Code).
On November 11, 2021, the Frunzienski District Court of Minsk sentenced Yauhen Korzhal to two years in a penal colony.
