Siarhei Batura
sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment
Prisoner
Date of birth: 13 June 2001
Date of detention: 9 November 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Part 1 of Article 13 and Article 293 of the Criminal Code — Preparation for mass riots
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Andrei Mlechka
Prison: Penal colony No. 2
Groups: Athletes
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Siarhei Batura was detained on November 9, 2021, in a criminal case. At first, he was placed in the KGB pre-trial detention center, then he was transferred to Pre-trial detention center No. 1.
Siarhei was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization of or active participation in group actions grossly violating public order).
On June 22, 2022, Judge Andrei Mlechka started to consider the criminal case in the Frunzienski District Court of Minsk. On July 1, he found Arsenii guilty and sentenced him to five years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
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