Yauhen Rapin
sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 18 January 1996
Date of detention: 20 June 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Date of release: 16 September 2021
Judge: Maksim Trusevich
Prosecutor: Iryna Zubko
Notes: Pardon / amnesty, Parents of three or more children
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Yauhen Rapin, a resident of Minsk, worked at the market in Ždanovičy as a loader, married, father of three young children. He was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility for committing group actions that grossly violate public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
Rapin was accused of participating in a protest on 4 October 2020 and striking a CCTV camera near the detention center in Akrescin street.
He started serving his sentence in June 2021.
On September 16, 2021, he was pardoned and released.
