Viachaslau Dashkevich
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 16 November 1990
Date of detention: 16 February 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 191 of the Criminal Code — Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 9 January 2023
Date of release: 15 September 2023
Judge: Anzhela Kastsiukevich
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Viachaslau Dashkevich was arrested on February 16, 2022, in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code (Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights, the right to participate in a referendum). The case was brought for distributing and mailing leaflets with an appeal to count votes honestly.
Viachaslau was held in Pre-trial detention center of KGB.
On September 13, 2022, the Zavodzki District Court of Minsk started hearing the case of a political prisoner. On September 23, Dashkevich was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
Viachaslau was released from jail on September 15, 2023.
