Aliaksandr Zhuk
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 22 July 1996
Date of detention: 24 March 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 11 December 2021
Date of release: 16 September 2024
Judge: Dzmitryi Kurouski, Andrei Hrushko
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka, Mikhail Yushchuk
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
Cases: Protests in Brest
Aliaksandr Zhuk is involved in the so-called "round dance case". On September 13, 2020 demonstrators in Brest gathered in the central intersection of the city, they were dancing a round dance and singing songs until a water cannon arrived and the security forces began detaining the protesters.
On August 30, 2021, judge Dzmitry Kurouski sentenced Ihar to one and a half year of "khimiya" under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
On December 11, 2021 Ihar began serving his sentence at the penitentiary No. 39.
Aliaksandr served his sentence in full and was released on July 23, 2022.
On December 6, 2023 it became known that Aliaksandr had been arrested again for his participation in the protests on August 10, 2020.
On April 5, 2024, Judge Andrei Hrushko sentenced Aliaksandr Zhuk to two years and six months in a penal colony.
He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.
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