Yauhen Siamionau
sentenced to 5 years in prison
Date of detention: 26 February 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Aliaksandr Volk
Prosecutor: Uladzimir Rabau
Prison: Penal colony No. 11
Yauhen Siamionau was sentenced on July 7, 2021 by the Saviecki District Court of Minsk to five years in prison under Articles 369, 364, 415, Parts 1 and 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code. Siamionau was convicted of posting two comments in a Telegram chat targeting GUBAZIK officers Ivan Tarasik and Aliaksandr Alioksa over their alleged involvement in the torture of political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok. In addition, he was convicted of theft (Parts 1 and 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code) and for evading a criminal sentence.
