Viachaslau Rahashchuk
taxi driver, sentenced to 6 years in prison
Prisoner
Date of birth: 22 December 1985
Date of detention: 10 August 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 6 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Yauhen Brehan
Prison: Penal colony No. 22
Notes: Health issues
Cases: Пратэсты Пінск
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Mareike Wulf, member of the German Bundestag
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Viachaslau Rahashchuk was detained in Pinsk. He was beaten for three days after arrest. Rahashchuk was charged with participation in "mass riots" (Part 2, Art. 293 of the Criminal Code).
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Amnesty International: Tortured detainee denied medical care
On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 6 years in a medium-security penal colony.