Aliaksandr Tsiareshka
sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison
Prisoner
Date of birth: 24 May 1985
Date of detention: 20 September 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 6 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Yauhen Brehan
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Cases: Protests in Pinsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Senator Ivana Bacik,, member of Seanad Éireann
Aliaksandr Tsiareshka is a defendant in the "Pinsk case" initiated after the post-election protests in the city.
He was charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - "Participation in riots".
On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 6 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony.
