Aliaksandr Zaikouski

sentenced to two years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 30 March 1972

Date of detention: 15 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
  • Art. 411 — Malicious disobedience to the demands of administration of the correctional institution

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 14 December 2023

Judge: Yuliya Hustyr, Vasil Halkouski

Prosecutor: Tsimafei Nichyparuk

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Aliaksandr Zaikouski was sentenced to two years in a penal colony by the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk under Art. 364 of the Criminal Code for “threat of violence against a police officer”.

Zaikouski threw a bottle at a police bus, which resulted in a minor damage.

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