Dzianis Siarheyeu

sentenced to 23 months of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 26 May 1994

Date of detention: 19 August 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 3 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 13 September 2021

Date of release: 20 October 2023

Notes: «Solidarity Raid»

Dzianis Siarheyeu is a resident of Orša sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom in an open correctional institution (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code.

Siarheyeu was found guilty of insulting a police officer in an online comment. The man was initially sentenced to home confinement, but later a higher court changed the sentence to "khimiya".

The convict was sent to serve his sentence in late September 2021.

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