Illia Bokhan

sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 7 March 2003

Date of detention: 5 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 3 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 17 April 2024

Judge: Andrei Hrushko

Prosecutor: Alena Tsikhanovich

Cases: Protests in Pinsk

Illia Bokhan is a defendant in the case of "mass riots" (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code) opened over the events in Pinsk on the night after the August 9 elections.

The trial in the case started on May 31, 2021.

On October 21, 2021, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Illia Bokhan to three and a half years in a penal colony.

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