Stsiapan Drozd
sentenced to 4 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 15 May 1973
Date of detention: 9 August 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 10 December 2023
Judge: Andrei Hrushko
Prosecutor: Alena Tsikhanovich
Cases: Protests in Pinsk
Stsiapan Drozd was sentenced to 4 years in a penal colony for his involvement in 'riots’ in Pinsk that were triggered by the rigged presidential election of August 2020.
Drozd was accused of attempting (unsuccessfully) to punch a police shield, which in turn slightly injured the leg of a police officer.
