Aliaksandr Pleskatsevich

sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom, released after serving full sentence

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 26 April 1974

Date of detention: 18 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
  • Art. 130-1 of the Criminal Code – Rehabilitation of Nazism

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 15 March 2022

Date of release: 16 February 2023

Judge: Natallia Budnik, Andrei Siz

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 7

Aliaksandr Pleskatsevich is from Liachavičy district (Brest region). He was sentenced to 24 months of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code ('Hooliganism') for the 'Sveta, I love you' red and white graffiti addressed to Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

He started serving his sentence in March 2022, in open-type penal facility #43 in Mahilioŭ.

It is known that Aliaksandr Pleskatsevich was placed in a punishment cell for 20 days in late May 2022 for violating the rules of the penitentiary. He was given disciplinary action, first for "unkempt appearance", and then for "a refusal to clean common areas". Pleskatsevich was placed in a punishment cell 10 days, and while he was there, another 10 days were added.

In mid-June 2022, Pleskatsevich was transferred to Prison #4 in Mahilioŭ. It was reported that he was brought there with numerous signs of beatings.

According to human rights defenders, on February 16, 2023, Pleskatsevich was released from open-type penal facility #43.

On March 1, 2023, he was tried under Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Pleskatsevich was accused of "painting white-red-white symbols on seven windows and the facade corner of a house at an unspecified time from February 16 to February 27". Aliaksandr Pleskatsevich did not admit guilt and refused to paint over the symbols. It is known that the symbols were painted on the house before his arrest in 2021. According to the report of the policeman witness, Pleskatsevich was told to paint over the symbols when serving his sentence. However, on February 27, the symbols were still there, and Pleskatsevich was detained. The court of Liachavičy district found him guilty and arrested him for 10 days.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 7. 224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37

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