Siarhei Plonis
Prisoner
Date of birth: 14 June 1973
Date of detention: 2 October 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
- Art. 218 of the Criminal Code — Intentional destruction or damage to property committed in a generally dangerous manner or causing damage on a large scale
Sentence: 8 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitryi Astapenka
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Ramanovich
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Cases: "Chat case"
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: François Pointet, Member of the Swiss National Council
Siarhei Plonis was detained on October 2, 2020 in Minsk on rioting charges (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code).
Palonis was later officially charged.
On July 19, 2021, Judge Dzmitry Astapenka sentenced Plonis to eight years in a medium-security penal colony.
