Mikita Saidau

sentenced to 2 1/2 years under home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 7 April 2003

Date of detention: 8 August 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Part 1 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs without the purpose of sale

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Ina Sivets

Mikita Saidau was first detained under an administrative case, and later under a criminal case under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (‘group actions that grossly violate public order’).

On December 12, 2022, огвпу Ina Sivets of the Kastryčnicki District Court of Minsk found Saidau guilty and sentenced him to two and a half years of restricted freedom under home confinement.

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