Siarhei Staravoitau

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 3 April 1998

Date of detention: 24 June 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony

Judge: Alena Bushava

Prison: Penal colony No. 20

Siarhei Staravoitau was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony. He was convicted of ‘active participation in group actions that grossly violate the public order’ under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for participating in protests on August 10–11, 2020.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 20. 247755, Homieĺ region, Mazyr district, Michalkoŭski sieĺsaviet, 70

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