Matsvei Hrankevich

student

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 1 October 2000

Date of detention: 10 November 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 2 years and 2 months

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 15 August 2023

Judge: Natallia Buhuk

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Groups: Students

Godparent: Katarina Barley, Member and Vice-President of the European Parliament

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Matsvei Hrankevich is a fourth-year student of the history department of the Maksim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University. He was detained on 10 November 2021 right in the dean's office. It is known that he was identified by a photo from the protest.

He was charged with actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) and incitement of social enmity (part 1 of Article 130) based on comments in social media. Judge Natallia Buhuk sentenced him to two years and two months of imprisonment.

On 15 September 2022, the KGB put him on the "list of those involved in terrorist activities. He is one of the youngest "terrorists" in Belarus.

In August 2023, Matsvei was released from prison.

 

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