Aliaksei Mikhailau

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 9 October 1979

Date of detention: 15 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 406 of the Criminal Code – Misprision

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 21 June 2023

Judge: Siarhei Khrypach

Cases: Gaidukevich case

Aliaksei Mikhailau is a defendant in the case of arson. He is accused of 'failure to report a crime' under Part 2 of Article 406 of the Criminal Code of Belarus.

On the night of July 11-12, 2021, in the village of Siomkava, Minsk region, the house of Aleh Haidukevich, a pro-government parliament member, was attacked with Molotov cocktails. On July 12, the KGB started criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code ('Act of terrorism').

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