Viktar Pantsialeyeu

sentenced to 4 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 31 July 1993

Date of detention: 18 August 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 9 March 2024

Judge: Andrei Hrushko

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka, Andrei Manko

Cases: Protests in Brest

Viktar Pantsialeyeu was detained in Brest and charged with participation in "mass riots" (Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code) in August 2020.

He was held in the Brest pre-trial detention center.

On May 21, 2021, Judge Andrei Hrushko of the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Pantsialeyeu to 4 years in a medium-security penal colony.

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