Uladzimir Khamichkou

Aviation Academy student, sentenced to 4 years of restricted freedom

Prisoner

Date of birth: 2 March 2000

Date of detention: 21 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 363 of the Criminal Code — Resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Judge: Tatsiana Pirozhnikava

Prosecutor: Zhurauliova

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 6

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Groups: Students

Uladzimir Khamichkou is a student of the Aviation Academy. He was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Art. 342 (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in themo) and Part 2 of Art. 363 (resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order associated with the use of violence or the threat of its use).

Khamichkou's case concerns the events of July 14, 2020, when the CEC refused to register alternative presidential candidates Viktar Babaryka and Valery Tsapkala. Thousands demonstrated against the decision in Minsk and other cities.

In Minsk, the protest resulted in clashes with riot police.

According to the indictment, Uladzimir Khamichkou was detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest on the steps of a KFC restaurant in central Minsk. He then became a defendant in a criminal case.

On January 20, 2021, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Uladzimir Khamichkou to four years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary.

On May 21, he began serving his sentence in penitentiary No. 6.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 6. 225889, Brest region, Kobrin district, Lushchyky

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