Ruslan Parfionau

member of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's nomination group, sentenced to 5 years in prison

Date of birth: 19 Feb 1980

Date of detention: 19 Aug 2020

Charges indicted:

Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code - Participation in riots

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 3

Statement on the status of a political prisoner

Ruslan Parfionau is a member of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's nomination group in Mazyr. The day after his arrest and serving a sentence for taking part in an unauthorized mass event, he was re-arrested as part of a criminal case of “mass riots”.

Parfionau was reportedly accused of making homemade tire spikes to damage police vehicles.

On March 3, Judge Anatol Strelchanka of the Mazyr District Court has sentenced Ruslan Parfionau to five years in a medium-security penal colony, finding him guilty of “rioting” (Part 2 of Art. 293). The trial was held behind closed doors.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 3. 246003, Homieĺ, vulica Knižnaja 1A

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