Aliaksandr Huzanau

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 21 May 1997

Date of detention: 25 January 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: 1 1/2 years

Date of release: 20 May 2023

Judge: Artsiom Manzhos

Cases: Protests in Homieĺ

Aliaksandr Huzanau

Aliaksandr Huzanau was arrested in Homieĺ on January 25, 2022. 

The police released a video of his brutal arrest. Several security officers attacked him and put him face down in the snow, and then pulled him into a car. The operation was carried out by the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) and riot police officers. In the video, the guy says that he didn’t know why he had been arrested. According to police witnesses, in the summer of 2020, Uladzimir had posted in the local chat advice to take to the streets and called drivers to block the city traffic with their cars.

He was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, the guy was taken into custody.

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