Mikalai Zavadski
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of detention: 12 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 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 November 2023
Judge: Yauhen Yerafeyeu
Mikalai Zavadski was sentenced by the Žlobin District Court to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony for protesting against the result of the 2020 presidential election. The court found him guilty of ‘group actions that grossly violate the public order’ (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
