Anton Skvarcheuski

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 14 April 1997

Date of detention: 25 September 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 25 December 2023

Judge: Mikhail Makarevich

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Anton Skvarcheuski was arrested in late September 2022. In March 2023, he was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Article 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in group actions grossly disrupting public order').

He began serving his sentence in late June 2023.

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