Kiryl Kanapatski
sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 17 February 1999
Date of detention: 10 July 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 1 April 2024
Judge: Halina Knizhonak-Maksimava
Prosecutor: Yuliya Kakoryna
Kiryl Kanapatski was sentenced on November 23, 2021, by the Mazyr District Court to 3.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony for ‘participating in group actions that grossly violate the public order’ and ‘resisting police officers’ (Articles 342 and 364 of the Criminal Code).
He was released from prison on April 1, 2024.
