Sviataslau Herasimuk

Prisoner

Date of birth: 21 February 1996

Date of detention: 22 December 2020

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 4 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Shuryn

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Cases: Protests in Brest

Sviataslau Herasimuk was detained on December 22 over his involvement in the post-election protests in Brest.

In late December, he was charged under Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code (rioting).

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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