Ryhor Vasilkou
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 31 May 1991
Date of detention: 19 October 2022
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 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 August 2023
Judge: Andrei Hrushko
Notes: Detention upon return to Belarus
Cases: The round dance case
Ryhor Vasilkou is from Brest. From November 2020 to March 2022 he lived in Ukraine. Upon his return to Belarus, a criminal case was opened against him for participating in a protest rally in Brest on September 13, 2020 (the so-called "round dance case") under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
Vasilkou was detained on October 19 at the railway station when he was returning from work. On December 23, 2022, he was sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.
