Pavel Mazko
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 21 October 2002
Date of detention: 23 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 general-security penal colony
Date of release: 28 November 2023
Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk
Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko
Groups: Activists, Cultural workers
Cases: Protests in Brest
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Catherine Ardagh, member of the Seanad Éireann
Pavel Mazko is a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots), which was opened after the August 2020 post-election protests.
Prior to his detention, Pavel designed clothes, volunteered, and supported people with disabilities and children in orphanages.
Mazko had been on bail since January, but on March 23, 2021, he was interrogated and detained.
On November 8, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced the political prisoner to 3 ½ years in a general-security penal colony on charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.
Pavel was released on November 28, 2023.
