Andrei Aniskevich
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom, released after serving full sentence
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 9 June 1986
Date of detention: 13 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: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 15 September 2021
Date of release: 20 February 2023
Judge: Yauhen Brehan
Cases: The round dance case
Andrei Aniskevich is a defendant in the "round dance protest" case opened after the events of September 13, 2020 in Brest (when several hundred peaceful protesters dancing on a crossroads were dispersed by a water cannon).
Aniskevich was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in group actions grossly disrupting public order').
He was eventually sentenced to 18 months of restricted freedom with a referral to an open-type penal facility. Aniskevich was arrested while trying to leave Belarus. After 15 days of administrative imprisonment, he was placed in a pre-trial detention center to be later transferred to serve his sentence.
On September 15, 2021, the political prisoner was sent to open-type penal facility #46 (Mahilioŭ region).
Andrei Aniskevich served his full sentence and was released on February 20, 2023.
