Dzmitry Pazniakou

Prisoner

Date of detention: 9 August 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Andrei Leshchanka

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Groups: Teachers, The military

Dzmitryi Pazniakou

On November 20, 2023, Dzmitry Pazniakou was convicted under Part 2 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code (treason against the state).

He is serving his sentence in penal colony No. 1.

It is known that since the summer of 2024 Dzmitry was transferred to a punishment cell (PKT), he is tortured. He is forced to sign documents and blank sheets.

Dzmitry's wife and two children are waiting for him at home.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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