Artsiom Kadyrau

Prisoner

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Andrei Hrushko

Cases: Protests in Brest

Artsiom Kadyrau was sentenced to one year of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. He was 16 or 17 years old in 2020, when he participated in the demonstration.

On April 5, 2024, Judge Andrei Hrushko found Kadyrau guilty under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for participating in the protests in Brest on the night of August 10-11, 2020. 

 

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