Artsiom Klimchuk
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 18 July 2002
Date of detention: 19 July 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 9 November 2024
Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk
Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko
Cases: Protests in Brest
Artsiom Klimchuk is a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case of mass riots (Part 2, Article 293 of the Criminal Code) opened after the post-election protests of Auguts 2020.
Prior to the trial, he was free but under travle restrictions. On the firts day of the trial, July 19, Klimchuk was taken into custody and remaded in a pre-trial detention center.
On November 8, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced the political prisoner to 3 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony on charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.
