Yaraslau Burak

sentenced to 3 months in prison

Date of detention: 12 April 2021

Charges indicted:

Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons

Sentence: 3 months

Penalty: arrest

Judge: Siarhei Maruchak

Yaraslau Burak was sentenced on April 8, 2021 by the Brest District Court to three months in prison on hooliganism charges.

The charge stemmed from the inscriptions “3%”, “Leave” and “Long Live Belarus!” spray-painted on the pedestal of a Lenin monument in the village of Damačava near Brest.

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