Yury Samsonau
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in penal colony
Date of birth: 5 May 1983
Date of detention: 17 August 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 15 February 2023
Judge: Siarhei Khrypach
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Yury Samsonau was detained on August 17, 2022. He was accused of making donations to an entity recognized as an "extremist organization".
The case of the political prisoner was heard in the Minsk City Court. On November 3, 2022, Judge Siarhei Khrypach found Samsonau guilty and sentenced him to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general security penal colony under Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code ('Financing extremist activities').
The Supreme Court considered the appeal against the sentence on January 10, 2023.
