Uladzislau Vierasau

sentenced to 2 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 26 September 1993

Date of detention: 28 October 2021

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 general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 October 2023

Judge: Mikalai Serhiayevich

Prosecutor: Andrei Anoshka

Cases: Protests in Žlobin

Uladzislau Vierasau was sentenced to two years of imprisonment under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (group actions, grossly violating public order) for participating in a protest on August 9, 2020.

According to human rights defenders, Uladzislau was supposed to be released from prison in October 2023.

 

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