Dzmitryi Maksimchyk

sentenced to 3 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 5 May 1983

Date of detention: 16 November 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 15 May 2022

Date of release: 5 December 2022

Cases: Protests in Baranavičy

Dzmitryi Maksimchyk was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type penitentiary for participating in protests in 2020 under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (group actions grossly violating public order).

He has been serving his sentence since May 2022.

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