Aliaksei Arlou

in custody

Date of birth: 15 November 1992

Date of detention: 15 May 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Makarevich

Prison: Penal colony No. 22

Aliaksei Arlou

Aliaksei Arlou was arrested on May 15, 2023, on charges of 'financing extremist activities' (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code) for donating to a foundation recognized as an extremist organization. Before that, in April 2023, Arlou was detained by GUBAZiK (Interior Ministry's Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption) and sentenced to administrative imprisonment.

Aliaksei Arlou is in a remand prison.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 22. 225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20

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