Aleh Buikevich

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 2 August 1988

Date of detention: 17 August 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: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 18 December 2021

Date of release: 20 August 2024

Judge: Andrei Mlechka

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Aleh Buikevich was detained and charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions grossly violating public order).

 On November 1, Frunzenski District Court of Minsk sentenced Aleh Buikevich to three years of restricted liberty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code. He was accused of participating in a protest action on August 10, 2020. After two and a half months in custody.

Aleh Buikevich began to serve his sentence.

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