Dzianis Krauchuk

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 27 December 1985

Date of detention: 26 April 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: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 6 January 2023

Judge: Uladzimir Areshka

Prosecutor: Mikhail Kavaliou

Groups: Activists

Cases: The case of conspirators

Dzianis Krauchuk is a truck driver and an activist. He was detained on April 26, 2021, as part of a criminal case for ordering to seize state power (Article 357 of the Criminal Code).

In early June 2022, the KGB completed a preliminary investigation into the criminal case. It became known that the final charges against Dzianis Krauchuk were brought under another article of the Criminal Code, namely Article 342 (group actions grossly violating public order).

On June 9, 2022, the General Prosecutor's Office reported that the case of 'conspiracy to seize state power' was sent to court.

The trial commenced on July 29, 2022, in the Minsk Regional Court. Krauchuk pleaded guilty. On August 30, state prosecutor Mikhail Kavaliou demanded three years of imprisonment for the political prisoner. On September 5, Judge Uladzimir Areshka found Krauchuk guilty and sentenced him to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

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