Aliaksandr Bendz
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 3 August 1987
Date of detention: 7 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 10 December 2022
Judge: Siarhei Salouski
Aliaksandr Bendz was sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment under Art. 370 of the Criminal Code (Desecration of state symbols).
On August 29, 2021, the accused in this case Maksim Mychko, Yana Mileuskaya and Aliaksandr Bendz, while being drunk, tore down the state flag in the street, which Mychko then threw on the sidewalk. The accused were identified using CCTV cameras.
