Viachaslau Rahashchuk
taxi driver, sentenced to 6 years in prison
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
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Mareike Wulf, member of the German Bundestag
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).
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.
