Yahor Suhoidz
car mechanic, sentenced to 2 years in prison, served his term
Date of birth: 29 December 1989
Date of detention: 7 September 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 30 April 2022
Judge: Viktoryia Shabunia
Prosecutor: Artsiom Tsviatkou
Yahor Suhoidz was detained on suspicion of taking part in mass riots (Article 293 of the Criminal Code).
On August 9, 2020, Yahor and his friends joined a protest against the results of the presidential elections. During the protest, he jumped onto a police van and fell from there while it was driving at full speed. He was also beaten by riot police. Doctors diagnosed Suhoidz with a fracture of six ribs on the right side, damage to the lung, a closed craniocerebral injury, and a fracture of the eardrum.
Suhoidz was later officially charged.
On March 19, 2021, Judge Viktoryia Shabunia of the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk sentenced Yahor Suhoidz to two years in a general-security penal colony, founding him guilty under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
On May 25, the Minsk City Court upheld the verdict.
Yahor served his term in full and was released from prison on April 30, 2022.
