Yury Maiseyenka

Prisoner

Date of birth: 10 June 1998

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Andrei Lahunovich

Cases: Protests in Homieĺ

On January 24, 2024, Yury Maiseyenka was convicted on charges of organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code) and slander against Lukashenka (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code).

Yury was sentenced to imprisonment.

      On May 3, 2024, he was added to the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 

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