Vadzim Dzenisenka
sound engineer, sentenced to 2 1/2 years
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 19 August 1992
Date of detention: 28 December 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 341 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of structures and damage to property
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 March 2024
Judge: Piotr Tsyhanok
Prosecutor: Dzianis Lapitski
Groups: Cultural workers
Vadzim Dzenisenka is a 29-year-old sound engineer and a father of a 12-months-old baby. He was detained on December 28, 2021,
and charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Art. 342 (Organization and preparation of actions grossly violating public order, or active participation in them) and Art. 341 (Desecration of buildings and damage to property).
In March 2022, the Čačersk district court tried three local residents in a series of hearings: Vadzim Dzenisenka, political prisoners Ryta Zotava and Mikita Khilkevich. On March 23, Judge Piotr Tsyhanok sentenced Dzenisenka to two and a half years in a general-security penal colony.
