Eugene Viktorovich Khatkevich

Number of repressed:

27

Birthday:

20 october 1973

Evgeniy Viktorovich Khatkevich is involved in politically motivated repressions in the Republic of Belarus. Khatkevich is responsible for the fact that, as a judge of the Minsk City Court, he makes politically motivated sentences against representatives of civil society. In judicial practice, Evgeniy Khatkevich considers not only administrative cases, but also criminal ones. As a result of his decisions, Belarusians who opposed the current regime in the country were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. In particular, on November 3, 2022, a judge sentenced political prisoner Stanislav Kuzmitsky to 15 years in prison in a maximum security colony for administering telegram channels. On May 22, 2022, Khatkevich sentenced political prisoner Ivan Parshin to 2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for comments on social networks. He actively convicted citizens who protested against the falsification of the 2010 presidential elections, for which he was included in the EU sanctions list. Thus, Evgeniy Viktorovich Khatkevich is responsible for human rights violations and undermining the principles of the rule of law, as well as for promoting repression against representatives of civil society and the democratic opposition. His work within the judiciary is focused on maintaining the position of the existing government, rather than on enforcing the law. Khatkevich's actions contribute to human rights violations, strengthening the power of Alexander Lukashenko and increasing politically motivated repression in the Republic of Belarus.