Siarhei Volkau

actor

Prisoner

Date of birth: 21 August 1977

Date of detention: 5 May 2021

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

Judge: Vera Filonik

Prosecutor: Mikhail Daineka, Stsiapan Liashok

Prison: Penal colony No. 17

Groups: Cultural workers

Cases: Protests in Pinsk

Siarhei Volkau is an actor of the Palessie Drama Theater and a volunteer. He was detained on May 5, 2021, and placed in remand prison No. 6 in Baranavičy.

Volkau was charged in the case of mass riots (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code) opened after the events of election night, August 9, 2020, in Pinsk.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 17. 213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8

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