Siarhei Hun

Date of birth: 5 June 1980

Date of detention: 3 June 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: unknown

Prison sentence start date: 7 June 2023

Judge: Dzmitryi Krenzhyeuski

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Siarhei Hun was detained on June 3, 2022. He is charged with Article 342 of the Criminal Code (group actions grossly violating public order).

In October 2020, Siarhei was beaten by riot police for taking video of them. In February 2021, he was detained on administrative charges. In detention, he went on hunger strike for four days, which was punished with a fine.

In a temporary detention center, Siarhei went on a hunger strike.

Political prisoner Siarhei Hun went on a dry hunger strike

Political prisoner Siarhei Hun went on a dry hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment. For the time being Siarhei is kept in the temporary detention center of the Minsk City Executive Committee.

 

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

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