Vadzim Zhylinski
sentenced to 4 years in prison
Prisoner
Date of birth: 4 April 2001
Date of detention: 19 July 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Sviataslau Kalina
Prosecutor: Aliaksei Baranouski, Alena Sharko
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Cases: Protests in Brest
Vadzim Zhylinski is a resident of Brest, a defendant in a criminal case of mass riots (Part 2, Article 293 of the Criminal Code) opened after the post-election protests of Auguts 2020.
Prior to the trial, he was free but under travle restrictions. On the firts day of the trial, July 19, Zhylinski was taken into custody and remaded in a pre-trial detention center.
On August 12, 2021, Judge Sviataslau Kalina of the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced him to 4 years in prison.
