Viktar Mazanik

sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 2 February 1965

Date of detention: 6 April 2022

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")

Judge: Mikalai Serhiayevich

Cases: Protests in Žlobin

On April 1, 2022, Viktar Mazanik from Žlobin was sentenced to 24 months of restricted freedom with a referral to an open-type penal colony for ‘participation in group actions grossly disrupting public order’ (Article 342 of the Criminal Code). It is known that Uladzimir Paulau was a defendant in the same case.

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