Aliaksandr Boika

Date of birth: 26 March 1987

Date of detention: 24 October 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Karasinski

Prosecutor: Henadz Bury

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 7

Aliaksandr Boika was detained on October 24, 2023. On the same day, a video was released in which Boika admitted to taking a video with military equipment and posting it in a Telegram chat.

The case was heard at the Brest Regional Court on January 17 and 18, 2024. Boika was charged with promoting extremist activities under Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code.

Judge Dzmitryi Karasinski sentenced Aliaksandr Boika to two years and six months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 7. 224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37

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