Aliaksei Berazinski
entrepreneur, sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
Date of birth: 5 May 1985
Date of detention: 16 October 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Siarhei Shatsila
Prison: Penal colony No. 22
Aliaksei Berazinski is a resident of the town of Ždanovičy charged under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots).
Berazinski was detained on October 11, 2020, during a protest in Minsk. He spent several days in a pre-trial detention center, and on October 16 he was detained as part of a criminal case related to the events of August 9.
On February 17, 2021, the Saviecki District Court of Minsk sentenced Aliaksei Berazinski to three years and six months in a medium-security penal colony.