Uladzimir Rubasheuski
sentenced to 4 years in prison
Date of birth: 20 May 1998
Date of detention: 29 August 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: 27 March 2024
Judge: Andrei Hrushko
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka, Andrei Manko
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Carl-Julius Cronenberg, member of the German Bundestag
Uladzimir Rubasheuski was initially detained on August 10, 2020, and released a few days later. He was severely beaten during arrest.
The detainee was re-arrested on August 29 and remanded in a pre-trial detention center. His house was searched. Rubasheuski was charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots).
On May 21, 2021, Judge Andrei Hrushko of the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Rubasheuski to 4 years in a penal colony.
He was released on March 27, 2024.
