Viachaslau Sheliamet
sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison
Date of birth: 18 February 2001
Date of detention: 20 August 2020
Charges indicted:
Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 5 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Yauhen Brehan
Prison: Penal colony No. 3
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Sebastian Brehm, member of the German Bundestag; earlier: Frank Heinrich, member of the German Bundestag
Viachaslau Sheliamet was detained on suspicion of participating in mass riots (Article 293 of the Criminal Code). The charge related to the events of August 9, 2020.
On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 5 1/2 years in a medium-security penal colony.
