Artur Khalimonchyk
sentenced to 6 years in prison
Date of birth: 7 March 1989
Date of detention: 10 August 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 6 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Yauhen Brehan
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Dietrich Monstadt, member of the German Bundestag
Artur Khalimonchyk was detained in Pinsk on August 10, 2020 and charged with participation in "mass riots" (Part 2, Art. 293 of the Criminal Code). The charge related to the events of August 9, 2020.
On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 6 years in a medium-security penal colony.