Viktar Zhavaranak
in custody
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 17 July 1966
Date of detention: 23 January 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. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 4 September 2024
Judge: Anzhela Kastsiukevich
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Viktar Zhavaranak was arrested on January 23, 2023. He is accused under Part 2 of Article 342 (Financing of group actions that grossly disrupt public order) and Article 369 (Contempt of a public official) of the Criminal Code.
Zhavaranak is detained in remand prison #1 in Minsk.
