Yauhen Pekach

sentenced to 4 years and 11 months in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 20 May 1997

Date of detention: 14 January 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 4 years and 11 months

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk

Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Cases: Protests in Brest

Yauhen Pekach was detained on January 14, 2021 on suspicion of participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code). He was soon charged under this article.

On November 8, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced the political prisoner to 4 years and 11 months in a medium-security penal colony on charges under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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