Aliaksandr Zaitsau
sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment
Prisoner
Date of birth: 8 October 1982
Date of detention: 22 August 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism
Sentence: 10 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Siarhei Yepikhau
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksandr Zaitsau was sentenced in a closed trial to ten years of imprisonment in a penal colony under part 1 of article 14 and part 2 of article 289 of the Criminal Code (attempted act of terrorism committed by a group of people by prior agreement) for attempted arson of the summer house of the Supreme Court chairman Valiantsin Sukala
