Artur Smaliakou
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 5 June 1993
Date of detention: 27 July 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 7 February 2023
Date of release: 30 April 2024
Judge: Ala Skuratovich
Prosecutor: Aksana Sakovich
Groups: Activists
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Artur Smaliakou, 29, a member of the United Civic Party, was not released after 15 days of administrative arrest. He is charged with ‘active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order’ under Article 342 of the Criminal Code.
The trial of Smaliakou and other UCP members started on October 27, 2022, in the Frunzienski District Court of Minsk. On October 31, Judge Ala Skuratovich found him guilty and sentenced him to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
