Yahor Mikhailau
sentenced to 10 years in prison
Date of birth: 7 December 1994
Date of detention: 13 February 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism
Sentence: 10 years and 6 months
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Alena Bushava, Natallia Dziadkova
Prosecutor: Dzmitryi Khavauka
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Yahor Mikhailau was sentenced on July 26, 2021 by the Frunzienski District Court of Minsk to ten years in prison under Part 1 of Art. 289 of the Criminal Code (act of terrorism). He was accused of setting fire to a tank at a railway station near Minsk. State media said the video of the arson was fake, and the Ministry of Defense showed this tank undamaged.
