Aliaksandr Ziankou

Prisoner

Date of birth: 12 November 1968

Date of detention: 22 June 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Zhanna Brysina

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Groups: Journalists

Aliaksandr Ziankou, a photographer from Barysaŭ, was detained on June 22, 2023, and his computer equipment was confiscated during a search of his house by law enforcement officers. 

Currently, his criminal case is being considered in the Minsk City Court, with Judge Zhanna Brysina presiding. The photographer is facing accusations of involvement in an extremist formation under Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code. 

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

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