Yahor Zenchanka

Prisoner

Date of detention: 3 March 2024

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 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 19 July 2024

Judge: Aksana Sheviakova

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Groups: Cultural workers

Cases: Protests in Homieĺ

Yahor Zenchanka is the organizer of mass events in Homieĺ, according to Homieĺ.Shtodzen.

On May 3, 2024, the Čyhunačny District Court of Homieĺ handed down a sentence against him, convicting him of "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or participation in them" (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

Judge Aksana Sheviakova sentenced Yahor to two years' imprisonment.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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