Stanislau Filimonau

sentenced to 5 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 14 December 1999

Date of detention: 17 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk

Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Cases: Protests in Brest

Godparent: Stephanie Aeffner, German Bundestag (Alliance 90/The Greens)

Stanislau Filimonau

Stanislau Filimonau was detained on May 17, 2021 for his involvement in a post-election protest in Brest in August 2020.

On November 8, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced the political prisoner to 5 years in a medium-security penal colony on charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 and Part 3 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code.

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

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