Vasil Kamkar

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 15 August 1995

Date of detention: 24 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code β€” 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.

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