Kiryl Palcheuski
sentenced to 3 years and 1 month
Date of birth: 20 March 1999
Date of detention: 15 June 2021
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 and 1 month
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Tatsiana Motyl
Prosecutor: Yauhen Serakou
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Marcelina Zawisza, Member of the Polish Sejm
Kiryl Palcheuski is a resident of Minsk sentenced to three years and one month of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Art. 342 (group actions grossly violating public order) and Art. 415 of the Criminal Code (evasion of imprisonment). Palcheuski is a person with a mental illness.
Under Article 342 of the Criminal Code, Palcheuski was found guilty of taking part in a protest on September 13, 2020. According to the accusation, he acted out of selfish intentions, as well as by prior conspiracy with a group of people: shouting slogans, clapping his hands loudly, moving in a line, and violating the right of decent citizens to a quiet life.
