Henadz Drazdou
artist, in custody pending trial
Prisoner
Date of birth: 11 March 1959
Date of detention: 10 August 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 5 July 2023
Judge: Yauhen Pisarevich
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Groups: Cultural workers
Notes: Health issues
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Michael Sacher is a Member of the Bundestag for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Henadz Drazdou is an artist and a former head of the Pahonia creative community. He was detained in August 2022 and sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. It later became known that a criminal case was brought against Drazdou for his participation in the 2020 protests under Article 342 (‘Group actions grossly violate the public order’), which was later replaced by Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (‘Supporting extremist activity’).
The trial of Henadz Drazdou was to be held on May 2, 2023, in the Minsk City Court.
