Vital Litvin
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 18 November 1982
Date of detention: 6 June 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: 5 December 2022
Judge: Sviataslau Kalina
Cases: The round dance case
Vital Litvin is a defendant in a massive 'round dance case' opened after the events of September 13, 2002, in Brest, when several hundred protesters were dispersed by a water cannon and faced charges under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
On February 25, 2021, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Litvin to 18 months of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility.
The political prisoner served his sentence in full and was released on December 5, 2022, from open-type penal facility #17 in Homieĺ.
