Aliaksei Minau

writer, teacher, sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 19 August 1998

Date of detention: 25 August 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: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Judge: Yuliya Shut

Prosecutor: Sviataslau Vialiki

Groups: Cultural workers, Teachers

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Aliaksei Minau is a writer and a teacher of Belarusian language and literature.

He was arrested on August 25, 2021 and later charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (group actions grossly violating public order).

On November 25, 2021, the Lieninski District Court of Minsk sentenced Aliaksei Minau to three years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”). The convict was released in the courtroom to wait for an appeal hearing.

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