Yauhen Hormash

Prisoner

Date of birth: 26 April 1987

Date of detention: 5 June 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Liubou Simakhina

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Yauhen Hormash is charged under three articles of the Criminal Code:

Part 1 of Article 342 (active participation in actions that grossly violate public order);
Part 3 of Article 361-1 (participation in an extremist formation);
Part 1 of Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka).

The trial began on September 4, 2023 at Minsk City Court. The case is being considered by Liubou Simakhina.

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

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