Yauhen Nareika
sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 2 June 1983
Date of detention: 20 January 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 16 September 2024
Judge: Alena Bachyshcha
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Yauhen Nareika was detained on January 20, 2022. He was charged under Part 1 of Article 366, Part 1 of Article 342, and Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code for his comments regarding employees of internal affairs bodies.
Yauhen Nareika was sentenced in a closed-door trial to four years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.
