Siarhei Krasouski

entrepreneur, served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 25 September 1989

Date of detention: 23 November 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 27 July 2022

Judge: Aliaksandr Semianchuk

Groups: Businessmen

Cases: Protests in Brest, Rail sabotage

Siarhei Krasouski is an entrepreneur based in Brest.

He was detained on November 23, 2020 in the case of blocking railways and hanging police effigies. Krasouski was charged under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism).

Krasouski was convicted for hanging an effigy with a sign reading “OMON” (“riot police”).

On May 18, 2021, the Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced Krasouski under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code to two years in a general-security penal colony.

The political prisoner served his sentence in full and was released on July 27, 2022.

 

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