Yury Lahutsin

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 27 November 1989

Date of detention: 8 May 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 10 April 2022

Date of release: 20 November 2023

Cases: Protests in Žlobin

Yury Lahutsin and Aliaksandr Fralou were convicted by the Žlobin District Court on January 27, 2022.

They were charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them).

Yury Lahutsin and Aliaksandr Fralou were sentenced to 18 months of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility.

Yury was released from prison in November 2023.

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