Andrei Tsimafeyenka

served full term, released

Date of birth: 5 May 1974

Date of detention: 30 September 2020

Charges indicted:

Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 21 August 2022

Judge: Sniazhana Kindzeyeva

Andrei Tsimafeyenka is a resident of Vitebsk who was accused of using violence against an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the "March of Unity" on September 6.

He was detained on September 30. The 46-year-old man was charged under Part 1 of Art. 366 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - Violence or threat against an official performing official duties, or another person performing a public duty.

On December 2, 2020, Tsimafeyenka was sentenced by the Kastryčniki District Court of Viciebsk to two years in prison under Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code.

The political prisoner served his term in full and was released on August 21, 2022.

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