Dzmitryi Pautarak

sentenced to 3 years freedom restriction

Prisoner

Date of birth: 1 June 1987

Date of detention: 9 March 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 9 March 2023

Judge: Alena Zhukovich

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 17

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Dzmitryi Pautarak was arrested in March 2023. According to pro-government Telegram channels, he was accused of participating in peaceful protests in 2020. Dzmitryi Pautarak was seen in a journalist's video of the protests in the first days after the 2020 elections.

It is known that he was found guilty under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them) and sentenced to three years of freedom restriction with a referral to an open-type penal facility.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 17. 246020, Homiel, vul. Barysenka, 13, building 2

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