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

Vasil Tsialenchanka

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.

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