Vasil Kamkar
Former political prisoner
Date of birth: 15 August 1995
Date of detention: 24 August 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")
Date of release: 20 August 2024
Judge: Anastasiya Osipchyk
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Vasil Kamkar, 26, was charged with ‘organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them’ under part 1 of article 342.
The trial was presided over by Judge Anastasiya Osipchyk.
It is known that before the trial the defendant had been in custody since August 24, 2021.
On November 25, 2021, the Zavodski District Court of Minsk found Vasil Kamkar guilty and sentenced him to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility.
