Andrei Sakalouski

sentenced to 3 years in prison

Date of birth: 5 June 1983

Date of detention: 12 April 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 26 December 2023

Judge: Marharyta Lantsevich

Prosecutor: Viktar Nichyparuk

Andrei Sakalouski is a resident of Hrodna sentenced under Part 1 of Art. 342 and 364 of the Criminal Code (violence or threat of violence against a police officer) to three years in a medium-security penal colony.

According to the indictment, "out of revenge, he intended to inflict pain on 11 injured riot police officers, threatening their personal safety." The charge stems from the events of September 6, 2020.

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