Dzianis Boltuts

sentenced to 6 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 1 July 1990

Date of detention: 25 September 2020

Charges indicted:

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

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Bandarenka

Prosecutor: Raman Biziuk, Fiodar Sinitski

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Godparent: Johann Saathoff, Member of the German Bundestag

Dzianis Boltuts

Dzianis Boltuts was detained on September 25, 2020 as a suspect in the rioting case.

He was later charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, "group actions that grossly violate public order."

In early February 2021, it became known that Boltuts was also charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots) and under Art. 364 of the Criminal Code (violence or threat of violence against a police officer).

Dzianis was eventually sentenced to 6 years in a medium-security penal colony.

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

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