Dzmitry Kniazeu

sentenced to 3 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 27 June 2002

Date of detention: 19 July 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 12 May 2024

Judge: Sviataslau Kalina

Prosecutor: Aliaksei Baranouski, Alena Sharko

Cases: Protests in Brest

Dzmitry Kniazeu is a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case of mass riots (Part 2, Article 293 of the Criminal Code) opened after the post-election protests of August 2020.

Prior to the trial, he was free but under travel restrictions. On the firts day of the trial, July 19, 2021, Kniazeu was taken into custody and remaded in a pre-trial detention center.

On August 12, 2021, Judge Sviataslau Kalina of the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced him to 3 years in prison.

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