Yury Usnich
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 22 March 1985
Date of detention: 13 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
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 March 2024
Judge: Tatsiana Pirozhnikava
Groups: IT specialists
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Yury Usnich was detained on January 13, 2022, in a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
Before trial, he was held in pre-trial detention center.
At the end of March 2022, Yuriy's case was transferred to the prosecutor's office. On April 8, the trial began, and on April 12, the man was found guilty and sentenced to two and a half years in a general-security penal colony.
