Aliaksandr Talmachou

TV presenter, released awaiting sentence commencement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 28 June 1988

Date of detention: 5 April 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Yuryi Mashketau

Groups: Cultural workers

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Aliaksandr Talmachou is a TV presenter. He was detained on April 5, 2022 as part of a criminal case for group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

Aliaksandris being held in pre-trial detention.

On June 21, 2022, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk passed a verdict in the criminal case of Aliaksandr Talmachou. Judge Yury Mashketau found the political prisoner guilty and sentenced him to three years of restriction of freedom under home confinement.

He was released awaiting the commencement of the sentence.

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