Uladzimir Auramtsau
Prisoner
Date of birth: 7 April 1994
Date of detention: 30 March 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason
- Art. 309 of the Criminal Code — Intentional disrepair of a vehicle or communication lines
- Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism
- Art. 290-4 of the Criminal Code — Establishing or participating in an organization for the purpose of terrorist activity
Sentence: 22 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 26 April 2023
Judge: Ihar Shvedau
Prison: Penal colony No. 22
Groups: Athletes
Cases: Rail sabotage
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Hervé Maurey, Member of the French Senate
Uladzimir Auramtsau was arrested together with Yauhen Minkevich and Dzmitryi Klimau by a special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on March 30. They are suspected of destroying two relay cabinets near Asipovičy. The men tried to escape while being arrested. The law enforcers used lethal weapons against them, at least one of the detainees was wounded and is now in a medical facility, while the others “received medical care on the spot”.
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