Viktar Siadou
sentenced to 3 years in prison, released after serving full sentence
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 2 March 1975
Date of detention: 16 October 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 30 May 2023
Judge: Anastasiya Liaikouskaya
Prosecutor: Ina Zubko
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Klaus Mindrup, member of the German Bundestag
Viktar Siadou was arrested on October 16, 2020. He was charged under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code ('Participation in riots').
His arrest was based on a video allegedly showing him throwing stones during the protests in Minsk.
On March 30, 2021, the Pieršamajski District Court of Minsk sentenced Viktar Siadou to 3 years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
On May 30, 2023, the political prisoner was released from penal colony#2 in Babrujsk (Mahilioŭ region) having served his full sentence.
Political prisoner Viktar Siadou sentenced to 3 years in prison
