Aliaksandr Suzko

sentenced to 3 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 22 November 1993

Date of detention: 4 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 December 2023

Judge: Halina Knizhonak-Maksimava

Prosecutor: Yuliya Kakoryna

Aliaksandr Suzko is a resident of Mazyr, a football fan, detained on May 4, 2021, by officers of GUBAZIK and SOBR. He was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order). The criminal charges stem from the protests that took place in the city in August 2020.

On November 23, 2021, the Mazyr District Court sentenced Suzko to three years in a general-security penal colony.

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