Artsiom Mitsuk
sentenced to 8 years in prison
Date of birth: 21 February 2001
Date of detention: 9 October 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Art. 218 of the Criminal Code — Intentional destruction or damage to property committed in a generally dangerous manner or causing damage on a large scale
Sentence: 8 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitryi Astapenka
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Ramanovich
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Artsiom Mitsuk is a protester targeted in a criminal case of "mass riots" related to the events in Minsk on August 10-12, 2020.
On October 9, he was charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots).
On July 19, 2021, Judge Dzmitry Astapenka sentenced Mitsuk to eight years in a medium-security penal colony.
