Mikita Audzik

pastry chef

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 20 March 1986

Date of detention: 6 September 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 16 June 2022

Judge: Uladzimir Pazniak

Prosecutor: Alena Pronka

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Mikita Audzik is a pastry chef from Hrodna. The man was charged under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code ("Organization or active participation in group actions grossly violating public order") for participating in a protest action on September 6, 2020.

On December 7, 2021, Mikita was sentenced to 1 year in prison in a general-security penal colony.

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