Daniil Dzitkouski
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 22 January 2002
Date of detention: 11 December 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 11 December 2021
Date of release: 4 December 2023
Judge: Dzmitryi Kurouski
Cases: The round dance case
Daniil Dzitkouski was charged in the frames of the "dancing protest" case. On September 13, 2020 demonstrators gathered in the central intersection of Brest, they sang songs and danced in circles until a water cannon arrived and security forces began to detain the protesters.
On August 30, 2021, judge Dzmitry Kurouski sentenced Daniil to two years of "khimiya" under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code ("Hooliganism") for damaging two CCTV cameras and spraying cynical graffiti messages.
On December 11, 2021, he began to serve his term in the open penitentiary No. 43.
According to human rights defenders, he was scheduled to be released from prison on December 4, 2023.
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