Tsimafei Shkuratovich
lecturer, sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 30 August 1992
Date of detention: 30 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 1 April 2023
Judge: Zhanna Brysina
Groups: Teachers
Cases: The Zeltser case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Tsimafei Shkuratovich is a former lecturer at the radio-technical college. He was reportedly detained in the Zeltser case on September 30, 2021, and taken in pre-trial detention.
Judge Zhanna Brysina convicted Shkuratovich of ‘organization of riots’, ‘insulting a government official’, and ’incitement of hatred’ and sentenced him to 24 months of imprisonment in a penal colony under Part 1 of Article 293, Part 1 of Article 130, and Article 369 of the Criminal Code.
