Dzmitry Panko (Niakrasau)
sentenced to 3 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 14 November 2000
Date of detention: 19 July 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 30 May 2024
Judge: Sviataslau Kalina
Prosecutor: Aliaksei Baranouski, Alena Sharko
Cases: Protests in Brest
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Tomáš Martínek, member of the Czech Parliament
Dzmitry Panko (Niakrasau) 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, Panko 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.
He was released in the summer of 2024.
