Radzivon Medusheuski

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of home confinement, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 25 November 1997

Date of detention: 16 March 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: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Yauhen Brehan

Cases: Protests in Brest, The round dance case

Radzivon Medusheuski a resident of Brest arrested as part of the "dancing protest case", which was opened after the events of September 13, 2020.

Radzivon was initially free a suspect in the case (under Article 342 of the Criminal Code, "active participation in group activities that grossly violate public order"). On March 16, 2021, he was remanded in custody in pre-trial detention center No. 7.

On June 3, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced Medusheuski to 18 months of “home confinement”. The convict was released in the courtroom.

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