Kanstantsin Shyshko

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 October 1958

Date of detention: 26 August 2022

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Maksim Trusevich

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Kanstantsin Shyshko was detained at the end of August 2022 as part of the criminal case of ‘group actions grossly violating the public order’ (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

He was placed in a pre-trial detention center.

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