Artsiom Maisiyonak

sentenced to 3 years, left Belarus

Date of birth: 24 November 1993

Date of detention: 23 November 2021

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: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Judge: Yuliya Blizniuk

Artsiom Maisiyonak

Artsiom Maisiyonak worked in Russia. He was detained on November 23, 2021 (the day after returning to Belarus) in the framework of a criminal case on group actions that grossly violate public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

At the end of March 2022, Artsiom's case was handed over to the prosecutor's office. In the middle of April, the Frunzienski District Court of Minsk Judge Yuliya Blizniuk found him guilty and sentenced him to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility.

Artsiom has left Belarus.

 

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