Dzianis Zhuk

sentenced to 4 years in prison

Date of birth: 23 July 1992

Date of detention: 26 November 2020

Charges indicted:

Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code β€” Participation in riots

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Sviataslau Kalina

Prosecutor: Aliaksei Baranouski, Alena Sharko

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Godparent: Nick Smith, member of the House of Commons

Dzianis Zhuk is a resident of Brest detained on November 26, 2020 as part of a criminal case related to the "mass riots" in the city in August. Dzianis was charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - participation in riots.

On August 12, 2021, Judge Sviataslau Kalina of the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced him to 4 years in prison.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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