Yan Nikishkin
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 9 August 1994
Date of detention: 30 August 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: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 10 December 2022
Judge: Anzhela Kastsiukevich
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Yan Nikishkin is a defendant in a criminal case under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization or active participation in group actions grossly violating public order).
He was detained on August 30, 2021 and sentenced to 15 days in prison under Art. 19.1 of the Administrative Code (distribution of extremist materials). However, after serving the sentence, he was not released, but was taken into custody in the frames of a criminal case.
On December 31, 2021, Yan was found guilty under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison.
