Aliaksandr Shalamitski

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 4 July 2002

Date of detention: 24 March 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code β€” Participation in riots

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 4 September 2024

Judge: Vera Filonik

Prosecutor: Mikhail Daineka, Stsiapan Liashok

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Cases: Protests in Pinsk

Aliaksandr Shalamitski is a defendant in the case of "mass riots" (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code) initiated over the events in Pinsk on the night after the August 9 election.

Aliaksandr was under travel restricitons, but on March 24, 2021, he was detained and taken into custody.

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