Aliaksandr Tsiareshchanka

Prisoner

Date of birth: 23 September 1983

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code β€” Financing the activities of an extremist group

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Siarhei Katser

Cases: Donations, Protests in Minsk

Groups: Government employees, Law enforcement officers

Aliaksandr Tsiareshchanka

Aliaksandr Tsiareshchanka worked as a chief specialist of the National Bank. On 1 February 2024, he was found guilty of "financing the activities of an extremist organization" (Article 361-2). The trial began on January 29, 2024, with Judge Siarhei Katser presiding.

A video was shown on one of Azaronak's programs in which Aliaksandr 'confesses' to participating in protests and reposting on Facebook about elections and COVID. 

It is known that Aliaksandr is sentenced to imprisonment and is currently being held in pre-trial detention center No. 1.

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