Yauhen Zialkouski
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 15 November 1989
Date of detention: 17 November 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 3 April 2024
Judge: Alesia Osipava
Cases: Protests in Homieĺ
Yauhen Zialkouski is a resident of Homieĺ sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony on charges of "malicious hooliganism" (Part 2 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code).
Zialkouski twice set up white-red-white flags with a firecracker and a caricature of riot police in several locaitons of the city. Yauhen Zialkouski pleaded not guilty to especially malicious hooliganism. He said the “installations” were placed in waste lots at night.
Zialkouski was in custody since his detention (November 17, 2020). In court, he complained about torture by police.
He is expected to be released from prison on April, 2024.
