Piotr Marchanka
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 16 August 1992
Date of detention: 2 August 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 11 October 2022
Judge: Anastasiya Achalava
Groups: Cultural workers
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Filiz Polat, member of the German Bundestag
Piotr Marchanka is a musician playing stringed instruments.
He was detained on August 2, 2021 at a summer house near Minsk during the birthday party of IRDORATH vocalist Nadzeya Kalach. Some people were convicted over the next two days in administrative cases of police disobedience, while others, including Piotr, were detained on criminal charges under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
Marchanka was remanded in a pre-trial detention center as a suspect.
On December 28, 2021, Piotr was sentenced to 18 months in a general-security penal colony.
Piotr Marchanka served his sentence in full and was released on October 11, 2022.
