Alena Maushuk

sentenced to 6 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 22 July 1976

Date of detention: 10 August 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 6 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Yauhen Brehan

Prison: Penal colony No. 24

Notes: Health issues

Godparent: Dietmar Köster, member of the European Parliament, Lord Simon Russell of Liverpool is a crossbencher in the House of Lords

Alena Maushuk was detained as part of the Pinsk "rioting" criminal case.

According to police, the woman allegedly attempted to hit police officers with a stick. Maushuk is charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code. The charge related to the events of August 9, 2020.

On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 6 years in a general-security penal colony.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 24. 247526, vulica Vytvorčaja, 44, Zarečča, Rečyca district, Homieĺ region

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