Yezhy Zhyvaleuski

sentenced to 4 years imprisonment

Prisoner

Charges indicted:

  • Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code — Agent activity

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Anatol Zayats

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Notes: Foreign citizens

Yezhy Zhyvaleuski is a citizen of Poland. He was accused under Article 358-1 of the Criminal Code (Secret agent activity). Judge Anatol Zayats held the trial. According to human rights defenders, on March 22, 2023, the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Yezhy Zhyvaleuski to four years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

From February 27, 2023, the trial was held behind closed doors.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

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