Siarhei Makarevich

Prisoner

Date of birth: 21 March 1987

Date of detention: 4 November 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Judge: Valeryi Ramanouski

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 24

Groups: Cultural workers

Cases: Donations

Siarhei Makarevich is an employee of the Viartanne Foundation. On November 4, 2022, Makarevich's house was searched, and he was placed in the temporary detention facility in Hrodna.

After almost five months behind bars, the political prisoner was released on April 11, 2023. There is almost no information about his case.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 24. 230025, Grodno, Lidskaya str. 29 b

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