Persecuted for political reasonsProbation

Uladzimir Kanstantsinavich Urban

Vladimir was convicted in December 2020 of "violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer." He was accused of "calling for violent actions against police and riot police officers using a sound-amplifying device" on August 21, 2020, at Independence Square near the Lenin monument in Minsk. During his arrest, Vladimir suffered a heart attack, after which he was placed on a third-degree disability.

In the summer of 2023, Vladimir's sentence, imposed by the court, ended.

Sentences

Trial outcome 01.12.2020
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Involved in repression

Zhanna Anatolievna Khvoynitskaya
Zhanna Anatolievna Khvoynitskaya
Judges7 january 1973
Place:
court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
01.12.2020
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Uladzimir Kanstantsinavich Urban
Case categories:
Protests 2020, Minsk
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
22.02.1957
Health problems:
Disability
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Groups:
People with disabilitiesRetirees

Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. 01.12.2020

    Trial outcome 01.12.2020

    2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk

  3. 01.12.2020

    Status change

    Probation