Siarhei Shalamitski

Prisoner

Date of birth: 1 September 1969

Date of detention: 24 March 2021

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: Vera Filonik

Prosecutor: Mikhail Daineka, Stsiapan Liashok

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Cases: Protests in Pinsk

Siarhei Shalamitski is a defendant in the case of "mass riots" (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code) initiated over the events in Pinsk on the night after the August 9 election.

Siarhei was under travel restricitons, but on March 24, 2021, he was detained and taken into custody.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

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