Uladzislau Barysau

sentenced to 5 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 2 June 1999

Date of detention: 13 September 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Part 1 of Article 13 and Article 293 of the Criminal Code — Preparation for mass riots
  • Part 1 of Article 14 and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code — Preparation for group actions that grossly violate the public order

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Viktoryia Shabunia

Prosecutor: Artsiom Tsviatkou

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Godparent: Valérie Boyer, Member of the French Senate

Uladzislau Barysau was detained on September 13, 2020. He was beaten during arrest and his house was searched. Barysau was then sentenced to 13 days of administrative detention, but was not released after he served the sentence.

Barysau was charged under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 293 (organization and participation in mass riots), as well as Article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).

On July 19, 2021, Judge Viktoryia Shabunia of the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk sentenced Barysau to five years in a medium-security penal colony.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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