Aliaksandr Marchanka

Prisoner

Date of birth: 27 May 1961

Date of detention: 4 January 2024

Charges indicted:

Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 4 June 2024

Judge: Sviatlana Makarevich

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Groups: Журналісты

Aliaksandr Marchanka was detained under Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code for participating in an extremist group.

He was tried on March 25, 2024, in the Minsk City Court by Judge Sviatlana Makarevich.

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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