Dzmitry Tsimashenka
sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison, released after serving full sentence
Date of birth: 31 March 1999
Date of detention: 17 November 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 4 March 2023
Judge: Siarhei Karmanovich
Dzmitry Tsimashenka is from Homieĺ. He was convicted of using violence against a police officer (Article 364 of the Criminal Code).
According to the indictment, during a protest on November 15, 2020, Tsimashenka hit the arm of the police officer Natallia Sinkevich, who was filming the protest. As a result, she dropped her smartphone and it was broken. A criminal case was opened under Art. 364 of the Criminal Code ('Violence or threat of violence against a police officer').
On February 19, 2021, Tsimashenka was found guilty and sentenced to two and a half years in a general-security penal colony. Beisdes, the defendant was to pay 1,000 Belarusian rubles (approx. $ 350) as compensation for moral damage to the injured policewoman.
The political prisoner served his sentence in penal colony #17 in Škloŭ, Mahilioŭ region.
It is known that in February 2023 he was placed in a punishment cell for 20 days.
Dzmitry Tsimashenka served his full term and was released on March 4, 2023.
