Ihar Salavei

activist of For Freedom opposition group, sentenced to 6 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 19 July 1983

Date of detention: 3 September 2020

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 6 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a high security prison

Judge: Yauhen Brehan

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Groups: Activists

Notes: Prison security level

Cases: Protests in Pinsk

Godparent: Johann Wadephul, member of the German Bundestag

Ihar Salavei was detained in connection with the riots in Pinsk on August 9, 2020. Salavei was later charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.

On April 30, 2021, Judge Yauhen Brehan of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest sentenced the defendant to 6 years in a medium-security penal colony.

On January 26, 2022, a court hearing was held in Babrujsk penal colony No. 2, where Ihar was serving his sentence. The court ruled to change Pinsk political prisoner's prison regime to a strict one for 2 years, allegedly for the systematic violation of discipline.

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

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