Vadzim Barysau

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 5 February 1986

Date of detention: 19 August 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 9 June 2024

Judge: Viktoryia Pakunova

Prosecutor: Sviatlana Pasemka

Vadzim Barysau. On October 31, 2023, the Court of Baranavičy and Baranavičy District considered the criminal cases of Vadzim Barysau and Aleh Volkau during a mobile session. They were charged with violating Article 370 of the Criminal Code for desecration of state symbols.

The trial took place at Baranavičy pre-trial detention center No. 6 and was presided over by Judge Viktoryia Pakunova. The prisoners were sentenced to one year of imprisonment each.

 

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