Aliaksandr Malchanau

Former prisoner

Date of detention: 6 January 2011

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony

Judge: Tatsiana Cherkas

Groups: Activists

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

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