Aliaksandr Tsimafeyeu

sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 26 January 2002

Date of detention: 17 February 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 3 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 4 March 2024

Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk

Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko

Cases: Protests in Brest

Aliaksandr Tsimafeyeu is a defendant in the case of mass riots opened after the events of August 10, 2020 in Brest.

Tsimafeyeu was detained on February 17, 2021 and taken into custody in pre-trial detention center No. 7.

The trial of Tsimafeyeu and eleven other people involved in the case opened on June 11, 2021.

On November 8, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced the political prisoner to 3 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony on charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.

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