Dzmitry Rezanovich
Sentenced to 19 years in the high security prison
Date of birth: 12 November 1989
Date of detention: 29 October 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives
Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism
Sentence: 19 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Viachaslau Tuleika
Prison: Penal colony No. 22
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Dzmitry Rezanovich is an activist of the anarchist movement. He was detained while crossing the border of Belarus on the night of October 28-29, 2020.
He, together with Dzmitry Dubouski, Ihar Alinevich and Siarhei Ramanau, was charged under a number of articles for setting fire to government officials’ vehicles, the building of the traffic police and the state committee of expertise in the Homieĺ region:
- Part 2 of Art. 289 (Act of terrorism);
- Parts 2 and 4 of Art. 295 (Illegal actions regarding firearms, ammunition and explosives).
On December 22, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Dzmitry Dubouski to 19 years in the high security prison.
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