Leu Tsialipka
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
Former political prisoner
Date of birth: 11 June 2002
Date of detention: 22 March 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 29 April 2024
Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk
Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko
Cases: Protests in Brest
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Deirdre Clune, member of the European Parliament
Leu Tsialipka is a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots) opened after the post-election protests of August 2020.
Leu was at large under recognizance not to leave, but on March 22, 2021, he was summoned to the investigator and detained there.
On November 8, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced the political prisoner to 3 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony on charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.
