Aliaksandr Viniarski
sentenced to 3 years in juvenile prison
Date of birth: 19 August 2003
Date of detention: 21 May 2021
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a juvenile penal colony
Judge: Andrei Hrushko
Prison: Juvenile penal colony No. 2
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Katja Adler, member of the German Bundestag
Aliaksandr Viniarski is a minor resident of Brest sentenced by the Lieninski District Court to three years in a juvenile colony for alleged participation in mass riots (Part 2, Article 293 of the Criminal Code). Twelve more people were convicted together with him.
According to the investigation, during the post-election protests in Brest, Viniarski "grossly violated public order," "destroyed property," "punched and kicked police officers" and "hit them with various objects." Boards, sticks, street rubbish bins, fragments of benches, paving slabs and asphalt, bottles, stones, metal bolts, paint containers, and firecrackers were allegedly used.