Siman Kantsevich
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
Former political prisoner
Date of birth: 21 March 1998
Date of detention: 28 August 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 21 September 2023
Judge: Andrei Hrushko
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka, Andrei Manko
Cases: Protests in Brest
Siman Kantsevich is a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots) opened after the post-election protests of August 2020.
Kantsevich was remanded in a pre-trial prison in late August 2020. His trial opened in Brest on April 7, 2021.
On May 21, 2021, Judge Andrei Hrushko of the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Kantsevich to 3 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony.
In September Siman was released from jail.
