Uladzimir Talatynnik
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom; served full term; released
Date of birth: 28 January 1972
Date of detention: 18 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
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Date of release: 15 November 2022
Judge: Dzmitry Shuryn
Prosecutor: Mikhail Yushchuk, Stsiapan Liashok
Uladzimir Talatynnik is a defendant in the 'dancing protest trial' related to the events of September 13, 2020, in Brest when the protesters came to the roadway and were dispersed by a water cannon.
Talatynnik was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order').
On March 15, 2021, Judge Dzmitry Shuryn of the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Talatynnik to 18 months of freedom restriction in an open-type penal facility.
The political prisoner served his full sentence and in mid-November 2022 was released from open-type penal facility #17 in Homieĺ.
