Arseni Shcharbinin
sentenced to 3 1/2 years of restricted freedom
Prisoner
Date of birth: 6 January 2000
Date of detention: 10 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
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Judge: Uladzimir Fedarovich
Prosecutor: Artsiom Rouba
Prison: Open correctional facility No. 21
Cases: Protests in Lida
Arseni Shcharbinin was sentenced by Lida District Court to three years and six months of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 342 and 364 of the Criminal Code for participating in a peaceful assembly and resisting police violence during its dispersal.
According to the prosecution, Shcharbinin and four other people, acting in a group with others, threw pieces of paving slabs and other objects at police cars during a protest in Lida on August 12, 2020.
