Aliaksandr Komar
engineer, sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment
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
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.
