Raman Labanau

sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 15 May 1977

Date of detention: 16 February 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 191 of the Criminal Code — Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Katsiaryna Murashka

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Raman Labanau was arrested 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 12, 2022, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced the prisoners to three years of imprisonment.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

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