Aleh Ardziuk
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in a medium-security jail
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 17 November 1998
Date of detention: 15 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 September 2024
Judge: Sviataslau Kalina
Prosecutor: Vadzim Bahatka
Cases: Protests in Pinsk
Groups: The military
Aleh Ardziuk is a defendant in a criminal case brought after the events in Pinsk on the night of August 9–10, 2020. The investigation qualifies it as “mass riots” (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code).
The trial over Aleh Ardziuk began on January 20, 2022. The defendant is in custody.
It is known that the prosecutor asked for three and a half years in a medium-security penal colony.
On April 5, Judge of the LIeninski district court of Brest Sviatoslav Kalina found Aleh Ardziuk guilty under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code (Participation in riots) and sentenced him to three and a half years in a medium-security regime colony, thus granting the prosecutor's request.
