Uladzislau Barysau
sentenced to 5 years in prison
Date of birth: 2 June 1999
Date of detention: 13 September 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Part 1 of Article 13 and Article 293 of the Criminal Code — Preparation for mass riots
Part 1 of Article 14 and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code — Preparation for group actions that grossly violate the public order
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Viktoryia Shabunia
Prosecutor: Artsiom Tsviatkou
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Valérie Boyer, Member of the French Senate
Uladzislau Barysau was detained on September 13, 2020. He was beaten during arrest and his house was searched. Barysau was then sentenced to 13 days of administrative detention, but was not released after he served the sentence.
Barysau was charged under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 293 (organization and participation in mass riots), as well as Article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
On July 19, 2021, Judge Viktoryia Shabunia of the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk sentenced Barysau to five years in a medium-security penal colony.
