Dzianis Sharametsyeu

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 15 May 1979

Date of detention: 14 June 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 2 March 2024

Judge: Siarhei Katser

Groups: Cultural workers

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Dzianis Sharametsyeu

Dzianis Sharametsyeu was detained together with his wife in June 2022. They were both charged with Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions grossly violating public order).

On October 18, 2022, Judge Siarhei Katser of the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Sharametsyeu to 24 months of imprisonment in a penal colony for his participation in the 2020 protests.

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