Yauhen Markavets
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 21 April 1980
Date of detention: 28 May 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 18 July 2022
Judge: Vital Kaubenia
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Shynkarou
Groups: Activists
Yauhen Markavets is an activist based in Homieĺ.
Markavets was detained on May 28, 2021. His apartment was searched by security forces. After 72 hours, he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center and charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group activities that grossly violate public order).
On November 22, 2021, the Saviecki District Court of Homieĺ sentenced the man to one and a half years in a general-security penal colony under Part 1 of Art. 342 (organization of actions grossly violating public order) and Art. 369 (public insult to a government official).
Yauhen served his sentence in full and was released on July 18, 2022.
