Siarhei Maushuk
sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison
Prisoner
Date of birth: 24 September 1978
Date of detention: 2 December 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 6 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Yauhen Brehan
Prison: Penal colony No. 8
Cases: Protests in Pinsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Lord Simon Russell of Liverpool is a crossbencher in the House of Lords
Siarhei Maushuk is a protester suspected of involvement in "mass riots" in Pinsk on the night of August 9.
Siarhei faced charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in mass riots). In early December 2020, he was placed under house arrest.
On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 6 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony.
