Maksim Safonau
sentenced to 2 1/2 years
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 21 June 1997
Date of detention: 11 January 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: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 9 April 2024
Judge: Maryna Klimchuk
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Maksim Safonau was detained on January 11, 2022, in a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
He was charged and transferred to pre-trial detention center.
On 29 April 2022 judge of the Leninski District Court of Minsk Maryna Klimchuk found Maksim guilty and sentenced him to two and a half years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
