Mikita Dzmitryieu

sentenced to 2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 2 June 1992

Date of detention: 31 December 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: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 31 December 2021

Date of release: 31 December 2023

Judge: Maryia Aliferuk

Prosecutor: Andrei Manko

Cases: The round dance case

Mikita Dzmitryieu is a defendant in the criminal case of “dancing protest” under part 1 of article 342 of the Criminal Code (participation in actions grossly violating public order) for a protest action in Brest on September 13, 2020.

Mikita was sentenced to two years of restricted freedom in an open penal facility (“khimiya”)

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