Ryhor Hunko

sentenced to 6 years in prison

Date of birth: 29 April 1989

Date of detention: 10 August 2020

Charges indicted:

Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 6 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Yauhen Brehan

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Ryhor Hunko is one of many protesters detained in Pinsk following the events of August 9. Hunko was detained on August 10 and taken into custody. He was charged under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in mass riots).

On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 6 years in a medium-security penal colony.

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

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