Salim Mamedau

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 8 July 1999

Date of detention: 11 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 3 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 11 September 2021

Date of release: 16 July 2024

Judge: Vera Filonik, Natallia Kozel

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka

Salim Mamedau was sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom in an open-type penitentiary for threatening Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Commander of Internal Troops of Belarus Mikalai Karpiankou with violence in his comments (Article 364 of the Criminal Code).

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