Mark Antonau
sentenced to 4 years in prison
Date of birth: 9 February 1995
Date of detention: 27 November 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 2 May 2024
Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk
Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Catherine West, member of the House of Commons
Mark Antonau was detained on November 27 in Brest. He was taken into custody and charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots). The charge stems from the post-election protests in Brest on August 10, 2020.
He was held in SIZO-7 in Brest.
On November 8, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced the political prisoner to 4 years in a medium-security penal colony on charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.
