Mikhail Khamitsevich
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 4 July 1989
Date of detention: 16 February 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 191 of the Criminal Code — Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 18 January 2023
Date of release: 15 September 2023
Judge: Anzhela Kastsiukevich
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Mikhail Khamitsevich was arrested on February 16, 2022, in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code (Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights, the right to participate in a referendum). The case was brought for distributing and mailing leaflets with an appeal to count votes honestly.
On September 13, 2022, the Zavodzki District Court of Minsk started hearing the case of a political prisoner. On September 23, Khamitsevich was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
Mikhail was released from jail on September 15, 2023.
