Ihar Siamykin
sentenced to 1 1/2 years
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 31 July 1990
Date of detention: 11 December 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 11 December 2021
Date of release: 3 June 2023
Judge: Dzmitryi Kurouski
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka, Mikhail Yushchuk
Cases: The round dance case
Ihar Siamykin is involved in the so-called "round dance case". On September 13, 2020 demonstrators in Brest gathered in the central intersection of the city, they were dancing a round dance and singing songs until a water cannon arrived and the security forces began detaining the protesters.
On August 30, 2021, judge Dzmitry Kurouski sentenced Ihar to one and a half year of "khimiya" under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
On December 11, 2021 Ihar began serving his sentence at the penitentiary No. 48.
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