Siarhei Kulesh

Prisoner

Date of birth: 25 September 1988

Date of detention: 4 March 2024

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

Judge: Yauheniya Melnik

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Pleskatsevich

Cases: Protests in Pinsk

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Siarhei Kulesh  was charged with participation in mass riots under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code.

On April 29, 2024, the Pinsk District Court found Siarhei Kulesh guilty and sentenced him to four years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony. The case was heard by Judge Yauheniya Melnik and the state prosecutor, Aliaksandr Pleskatsevich.

 

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