Viktar Zhardzetski
sentenced to 2 1/2 years under home confinement
Date of birth: 15 May 1972
Date of detention: 7 July 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 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Judge: Anastasiya Kulik
Viktar Zhardzetski was detained on July 7, 2022, as part of a criminal case for ‘group actions that grossly violate public order’ (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
He was held in a pre-trial detention center pending trial.
On October 7, 2022, the Pieršamajski District Court of Minsk Victor found Zhardzetski guilty. Judge Anastasiya Kulik sentenced him to two and a half years of restricted freedom under home confinement.
