Barys Protasau

sentenced to 3 years imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 10 November 1982

Date of detention: 30 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Barys Protasau was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under two articles of the Criminal Code: Article 364 (Use of violence or threat of violence against internal affairs officers) and Article 342 (Active participation in group actions grossly disrupting public order).

He is serving his sentence in penal colony #2 in Babrujsk, Mahilioŭ region.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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