Artur Amirau

sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison

Date of birth: 26 March 1992

Date of detention: 27 April 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

Judge: Ina Klyshpach

Prosecutor: Vadzim Bahatka, Darya Zhuk

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Artur Amirau is a resident of Brest detained on April 27, 2021, as part of a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots).

On August 20, 2021, the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced him to 3 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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