Vadzim Pinzhakou

sentenced to 2 years of home confinement

Date of birth: 10 October 1988

Date of detention: 24 January 2023

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 under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Iryna Bakunovich

Vadzim Pinzhakou is from Fanipaĺ, Minsk Region. He was arrested on January 24, 2023. Pinzhakou was charged with 'active participation in group actions grossly breaching public order' (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

Later he was placed in a remand prison.

Vadzim Pinzhakou was sentenced to 24 months of freedom restriction under home confinement.

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