Aliaksei Pratapovich

ex-official, sentenced to 2 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of detention: 12 August 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 in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 12 August 2022

Date of release: 20 August 2024

Groups: Law enforcement officers

Aliaksei Pratapovich is the former head of the Červień police department. Pratapovich resigned before the 2020 protests, then worked as local Executive Committee administrator. He left there after the events of 2020. Pratapovich was detained in March 2022.

He was sentenced to two and a half years of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility.

He has been serving his sentence since August 12, 2022.

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