Aliaksandr Zaitsau

sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 8 October 1982

Date of detention: 22 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism

Sentence: 10 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Siarhei Yepikhau

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Cases: Protests in Minsk

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Aliaksandr Zaitsau was sentenced in a closed trial to ten years of imprisonment in a penal colony under part 1 of article 14 and part 2 of article 289 of the Criminal Code (attempted act of terrorism committed by a group of people by prior agreement) for attempted arson of the summer house of the Supreme Court chairman Valiantsin Sukala

Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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