Tsimur Ryzapur was arrested on September 30, 2020, and accused of participating in the riots in Brest on the evening of August 10, 2020, under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code.

The 37-year-old taxi driver was returning home from work on the evening of August 10 but was shot with rubber bullets five times. The investigator explained his choice of pre-trial detention by the fact that Tsimur Ryzapur does not have Belarusian citizenship, even though he has a residence permit and has been living in Belarus for about 23 years.

On March 10,  Ryzapur to 4.5 years in a medium-security penal colony.

On March 10, 2021, in the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest, Judge Vera Filonik convicted Tsimur Ryzapur and eight other defendants in that criminal case. Tsimur Ryzapur was sentenced to four years and six months of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.

He was sent to penal colony #1 in Navapolack, Viciebsk region.

In June 2023, human rights defenders learned that Tsimur Ryzapur had spent over 100 days in a punishment cell and was then placed in a tighter security cell.

On July 10, 2024, he was tried in the Leninsky District Court of Mahiliou under Part 2 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the colony administration). On July 17, 2024, Judge Natallia Panasenka sentenced Tsimur to another year of imprisonment in addition to the four and a half years in the colony.

9 people convicted in Brest ‘rioting’ trial

On March 10, the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest has sentenced nine people to various terms of imprisonment ranging between 3 and 4 1/2 years on charges of involvement in “mass riots” (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code) on August 10, 2020. The convicts include seven political prisoners.