Aleh Kulesha
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 5 October 1971
Date of detention: 10 June 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: 1 year and 7 months
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 17 September 2022
Judge: Maryia Aliferuk
Prosecutor: Andrei Manko
Cases: The round dance case
Aleh Kulesha is a resident of Pružany, a defendant in a massive criminal case opened after the events of September 13, 2002, when several hundred protesters were dispersed by a water cannon and faced charges under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
Kulesha was detained on June 10, 2021 and charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
On October 6, 2021, the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced Kulesha to 1 year and 7 months in a penal colony.
Kulesha served his sentence in full and was released in September 2022.
