Daniil Skipalski
sentenced to 3 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 11 September 2001
Date of detention: 4 May 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 28 October 2023
Judge: Halina Knizhonak-Maksimava
Prosecutor: Yuliya Kakoryna
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Maciej Konieczny, Member of the Polish Sejm
Daniil Skipalski is a resident of Mazyr, a football fan, detained on May 4, 2021, by officers of GUBAZIK and SOBR. He was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order). The criminal charges stem from the protests that took place in the city in August 2020.
On November 23, 2021, the Mazyr District Court sentenced Skipalski to three years in a general-security penal colony.
