Aliaksandr Zahdai
student, sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 26 August 1999
Date of detention: 6 June 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 28 September 2024
Judge: Valiantsina Kunitskaya
Groups: Students
Notes: War in Ukraine
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Signe Munk, Member of Dutch Parliament
Aliaksandr Zahdai is a student of the Belarusian State Aviation Academy. He was detained for “systematically providing information to the Nexta Telegram channel”.
Aliaksandr was placed in pre-trial detention pending trial.
On July 19, 2022, the trial commenced. On July 22, 2022, Judge Valiantsina Kunitskaya of the Brest Regional Court found the political prisoner guilty and sentenced him to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
