Andrei Hryshchuk
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 20 February 1999
Date of detention: 11 February 2021
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
Date of release: 31 May 2024
Judge: Andrei Hrushko
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka, Andrei Manko
Cases: Protests in Brest
Andrei Hryshchuk is a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots) opened after the post-election protests of August 2020.
Hryshchuk was initially free under travel restricitons. However, on February 11, 2021, he was arrested and remanded in a pre-trial prison. His trial opened in Brest on April 7, 2021.
On May 21, 2021, Judge Andrei Hrushko of the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Kalishuk to 3 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony.
