Dzmitryi Stsiapanau
sentenced to 4 years in penal colony
Date of birth: 27 September 1984
Date of detention: 2 November 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Andrei Leshchanka
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Dzmitryi Stsiapanau was accused of 'creating an extremist formation or participating in it' (Part 1 of Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code) for administering a Telegram chat room.
Stsiapanau was taken into custody before the trial. First, he was tried under "political" administrative articles, and then criminal proceedings against him began. The chat room, which he administered, was recognized as an "extremist organization" after his arrest.
On February 10, 2023, the Brest Regional Court, in a closed session, sentenced Stsiapanau to four years of imprisonment in a general security penal colony. The case was heard by Judge Andrei Leshchanka.
