Dzmitryi Svichkarou

Prisoner

Date of birth: 19 March 1988

Date of detention: 2 August 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Makarevich

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Cases: Donations

Dzmitryi Svichkarou was detained on August 2, 2023. He faces charges on financing an extremist group by means of donations (Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code).

Dzmitryi is being held in pre-trial detention center No. 1.

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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