Andrei Tryzubau

actor, sentenced to 3 years of freedom restriction

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 27 December 1970

Date of detention: 4 January 2023

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 under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Volha Niaborskaya

Groups: Cultural workers

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Andrei Tryzubau, a 52-year-old actor of the Pugovitsy theater and music group, was detained on the morning of January 4, 2023, in Minsk. Later, he was arrested for 10 days and placed in the Akrescina detention center. Then they transferred him to remand prison #1 in Minsk.

On April 17, 2023, the Kastryčnicki District Court of Minsk considered the case of the political prisoner. Judge Volha Niaborskaya found Andrei Tryzubau guilty and sentenced him to three years of freedom restriction under home confinement.

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