Dzianis Samkou

sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 27 August 1997

Date of detention: 8 June 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 January 2023

Judge: Siarhei Karmanovich

Cases: Protests in Homieĺ

Dzianis Samkou was convicted of ‘organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate the public order’ under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code for participating in the 2020 protests.

Judge Siarhei Karmanovich led the trial.

The Centraĺny District Court of Homieĺ sentenced Samkou to 12 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

Human rights defenders report that in early 2023, Dzianis Samkou was released.

It is known that on March 20, 2023, in the Vietka District Court (Homieĺ region), Judge Alena Nitsyeuskaya considered an administrative case against Dzianis Samkou under Part 2 of Art. 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses ('Distribution of information products included in the list of extremist materials').

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