Yahor Liankevich

sentenced to 5 1/2 years

Date of birth: 16 March 2001

Date of detention: 9 December 2021

Charges indicted:

Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 5 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 2 June 2022

Judge: Yuryi Mashketau

Prison: Prison No. 4

On the list of “terrorists” (money transfers are prohibited)
Yahor Liankevich

Yahor Liankevich was detained on December 9, 2021, as part of a criminal case on group actions that grossly violated public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code) and participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code).

He was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.

Mail address: Prison No. 4. 212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A

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