Artsiom Tabakar

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 27 June 1994

Date of detention: 23 September 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: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 4 July 2022

Judge: Anastasiya Achalava

Prosecutor: Sviataslau Vialiki

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Artsiom Tabakar

Artsiom Tabakar is a defendant in a criminal case under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions grossly violating public order).

Tabakar was detained on September 23, 2021 for participating in a protest on September 6, 2020.

On December 24, 2021, Leninski District Court of Minsk sentenced Artsiom to 1 year in prison under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.

Artsiom served his sentence in full and was released on July 4, 2022.

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