Fiodar Zhezheleu

sentenced to 2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 28 February 1993

Date of detention: 31 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 15 June 2023

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Fiodar Zhezheleu was sentenced to 2.5 years in a general-security penal colony on the criminal charge of group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

Fiodar was found guilty of participating in a protest rally in Minsk on August 10, 2020.

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