Leanid Chyrykau

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 24 February 1998

Date of detention: 24 August 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 1 January 2023

Judge: Dzmitryi Lukashevich

Prosecutor: Maryia Malikava

Notes: Foreign citizens

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Leanid Chyrykau was found guilty of ‘active participation in the group actions that grossly violate the public order’ and sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

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