Siarhei Prus

sentenced to 5 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 18 August 1988

Date of detention: 27 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 15 January 2022

Judge: Iryna Tsiaplova

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Siarhei Prus was sentenced under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code to 5 years in a penal colony for creating and posting online a video calling for illegal actions against riot police officers.

Prus and Dzmitry Bondarau called to "beat riot police" near the Mahilioŭ prison, but did not arrive at the scene. The appeals did not lead to any consequences.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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