Pavel Semakovich

Date of birth: 10 January 1993

Date of detention: 30 June 2021

Charges indicted:

Part 1 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism

Sentence: 3 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 30 June 2021

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 21

Pavel Semakovich is a resident of Vaŭkavysk who was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility under Article 339 of the Criminal Code (disorderly conduct). Pavel was accused of burning the national red and green flag.

He began serving his sentence on June 30, 2021.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 21. 247783, Mazyr, buĺvar Junactva, 24

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