Artur Khalimonchyk

sentenced to 6 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 7 March 1989

Date of detention: 10 August 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 6 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Yauhen Brehan

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Cases: Protests in Pinsk

Godparent: Dietrich Monstadt, member of the German Bundestag

Artur Khalimonchyk was detained in Pinsk on August 10, 2020 and charged with participation in "mass riots" (Part 2, Art. 293 of the Criminal Code). The charge related to the events of August 9, 2020.

On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 6 years in a medium-security penal colony.

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

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