Yauhen Turavets

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Date of release: 16 October 2023

Yauhen Turavets was sentenced to 2.5 years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary under Article 364 of the Criminal Code for a comment on social networks that contained a threat against a government official that was impossible to carry out; sent to serve his sentence.

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