Danila Chamadanau
sentenced to 1 year in prison, released
Date of birth: 13 March 1997
Date of detention: 22 January 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 23 October 2021
Judge: Ina Klyshpach
Danila Chamadanau is a protester detained as part of the Brest "dancing case" opened after on September 13, 2020, protesters danced on a street in central Brest and were dispersed by a water cannon.
Danila was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order). On January 22, he was remanded in pre-trial detention center No. 7 in Brest.
On May 7, 2021, Judge Ina Klyshpach of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced Chamadanau to one year in a general-security penal colony.
On October 23, 2021, Chamadanau was released, but immediately deported to Russia. Now he cannot enter Belarus for 2 years. The 24-year-old had lived in Belarus for 22 years.
