Artsiom Fedasenka
printing house director, sentenced to 4 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 9 October 1981
Date of detention: 19 March 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 14 October 2024
Judge: Valiantsina Ziankevich
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Ramanovich
Groups: Businessmen
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Christina-Johanne Schröder is a member of the German Bundestag for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Artsiom Fedasenka is the director of a private printing house from Minsk. He was detained for printing "unregistered newspapers, stickers, and protest leaflets using the company's equipment".
As a result, Artsiom was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
Artsiom was held in a pre-trial detention center.
On January 14, 2022, Fedasenka was sentenced to 4 years in prison.