Tsimur Ryzapur
taxi driver, sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison
Date of birth: 14 March 1983
Date of detention: 30 September 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 4 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Vera Filonik
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Mathias Stein, member of the German Bundestag
Tsimur Ryzapur was detained on September 30 and accused of participating in riots on the evening of August 10 in Brest under Part 2 of Art. 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 explains his choice of pre-trial detention by the fact that Tsimur Ryzapur does not have a Belarusian citizenship, despite the fact that he has a residence permit and has been living in Belarus for about 23 years.
On March 10, 2021, Judge Vera Filonik of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced Ryzapur to 4.5 years in a medium-security penal colony.