Vasil Tsialenchanka
released awaiting the commencement, left Belarus
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 15 August 1997
Date of detention: 8 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
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Judge: Siarhei Katser
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Notes: Trials in absentia
Vasil Tsialenchanka was detained on December 8, 2021, in a criminal case on group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
He was held in pre-trial detention center.
On April 12, 2022, Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk passed a verdict in the criminal case of Vasil Tsialenchanka. The prosecution requested three years of restricted freedom in an open-type facility. Judge Siarhei Katser sustained the request. Vasil was released awaiting the commencement of the sentence.
The man is currently outside of Belarus.