Aliaksei Arbuzau

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 27 February 1979

Date of detention: 13 December 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 26 February 2023

Judge: Anastasiya Achalava

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Aliaksei Arbuzau was detained on December 13, 2021, in a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

He is being held in pre-trial detention center.

On March 30, 2022, Aliaksei Arbuzau was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment. His wife Daria Arbuzova was sentenced under the same article of the Criminal Code to 24 months of restricted freedom under home confinement.

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