Ihar Salavei

activist of For Freedom opposition group, sentenced to 6 years in prison

Date of birth: 19 July 1983

Date of detention: 3 September 2020

Charges indicted:

Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - Participation in riots

Sentence: 6 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Yauhen Brehan

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 6

Ihar Salavei was detained in connection with the riots in Pinsk on August 9, 2020. Salavei was later charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.

On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 6 years in a medium-security penal colony.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 6. 225413, Baranavičy, vulica Bresckaja 258B

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