Aliaksandr Komar

engineer, sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 9 April 1991

Date of detention: 3 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
  • Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Dzina Kuchuk

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Notes: War in Ukraine

Aliaksandr Komar is an engineer. He was convicted of ‘threats of violence against a military officer’ and ‘participation in an extremist formation’ and received a concurrent sentence of three years of imprisonment under Articles 364 and 361-3 of the Criminal Code. The court deemed an incident that happened during an anti-war rally to be threatening behavior: Komar took a few steps toward an armored riot policeman who had appeared to be retreating. Komar’s registration for Pieramoha chatbot was considered participation in extremist formation.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

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