Aliaksei Maksiukou

sentenced to 3 years under home confinement

Date of birth: 25 August 1982

Date of detention: 17 April 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Tatsiana Pirozhnikava

Aliaksei Maksiukou, a resident of Minsk, was detained in April 2022. The pro-government Telegram channels reported that he allegedly took part in the August 2020 protests and blocked the traffic. He was charged with Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).

On July 1, 2022, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk passed a verdict in the case of a political prisoner. Judge Tatsiana Pirozhnikava sentenced him to three years under home confinement.

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