Mark Antonau

sentenced to 4 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 9 February 1995

Date of detention: 27 November 2020

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 2 May 2024

Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk

Prosecutor: Fiodar Liashok, Andrei Manko

Cases: Protests in Brest

Godparent: Catherine West, member of the House of Commons

Mark Antonau was detained on November 27 in Brest. He was taken into custody and charged under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (participation in riots). The charge stems from the post-election protests in Brest on August 10, 2020.

He was held in SIZO-7 in Brest.

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

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