Aliaksei Saldatkin

sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 6 May 1996

Date of detention: 26 August 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Judge: Dzmitryi Karsiuk

Prosecutor: Artsiom Tsviatkou

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Aliaksei Saldatkin is a resident of Minsk detained on August 26, 2021 as part of a criminal case of "group actions that grossly violate public order" (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

He was charged and transferred to a pre-trial detention center.

On November 8, 2021, the political prisoner was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary ("khimiya"). The convict was released in the courtroom to wait for an appeal hearing.

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