Aliaksandr Kastsenka

sentenced to 1 1/2 years

Former prisoner

Date of detention: 13 February 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 15 August 2022

Date of release: 26 May 2023

Judge: Natallia Kachalava

Cases: Protests in Žlobin

Aliaxander Kastsenka was charged under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them).

The court found him guilty and sentenced him to 18 months in a general-security penal colony.

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