Mikalai Slioz

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 8 February 2000

Date of detention: 13 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 341 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of structures and damage to property

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 11 April 2022

Date of release: 28 September 2022

Judge: Dzmitryi Kryvela

Mikalai Slioz

Mikalai Slioz was detained for painting graffiti on an abandoned construction site. He was charged under Article 341 of the Criminal Code (desecration of buildings and damage to property).

On December 8, 2021, the Barysaŭ District Court found Mikalai Slioz guilty and sentenced him to 1 year of restricted liberty in an open penitentiary ("khimiya"). Mikalai was released in the courtroom.

At the end of April 2022, Mikalai began serving his sentence in the open correctional facility No. 9

On September 28, the political prisoner was released.

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