Viachaslau Kastsiuchyk

sentenced to 4 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 10 February 1989

Date of detention: 11 September 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: 13 April 2024

Judge: Andrei Hrushko

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka, Andrei Manko

Cases: Protests in Brest

Viachaslau Kastsiuchyk was detained on September 11, 2020 on suspicion of participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code). He was soon charged under this article.

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

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