Uladzislau Bokhan

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 13 March 1999

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 19 June 2023

Judge: Sviatlana Andreyeva

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 36

Uladzislau Bokhan was accused of 'organizing and preparing actions grossly disrupting public order or participating in them' (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

On March 31, 2023, in the Žlobin District Court (Homieĺ region), Judge Sviatlana Andreyeva found Bokhan guilty and sentenced him to 24 months of freedom restriction in an open-type penal facility.

On June 19, 2023, he began serving his sentence in open-type penal facility #36 in Minsk.

On June 23, 2023, Uladzislau Bokhan was included in the 'List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities'.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 36. 220039, Minsk, Korotkevicha str., 14

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