David Zbaranski
Student, minor, sentenced to 3 years in prison; served full term; released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 26 April 2003
Date of detention: 30 November 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 21 January 2023
Judge: Dzmitryi Shuryn
Notes: Detained juveniles, Detention upon return to Belarus
Cases: Protests in Brest
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Wiebke Esdar, member of the German Bundestag
David Zbaranski is a 17-year-old student who was detained on November 30, 2020 immediately after returning from Poland.
He was charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code ('Participation in riots'). The charge is related the post-election protest in Brest on August 10, 2020.
On July 12, 2021, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Zbaranski to 3 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
He served his full term and on January 21, 2023, he was released from penal colony #2 in Babrujsk.
