Yuri was found guilty in November 2020 of a criminal case under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them," for participating in a post-election protest on August 11, 2020, in Mozyr, during which he threw stones at a police car. At the time of the protest, his arrest, and the criminal case hearing, Yuri was a minor.
Former political prisonersWith delay
Yury Aliakseyevich Melchanka
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
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Sentences
Trial outcome 30.11.2020
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (with a deferment 1 year).Involved in repression
Eleanor Leonidovna Ermolenko
MoreJudges10 september 1964
- Place:
- Mozyr district court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 30.11.2020
Andrey Nikolaevich Malakhov
MoreOverseers14 june 1978
- Place:
- IVS Mozyr
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from 11.08.2020 to 30.11.2020
- Case categories:
- Mozyr Protests 2020
- Hometown:
- Bulavki
- Birthday:
- 02.12.2003
- Articles:
- Organization of group actions grossly disturbing public order
- Groups:
- Detained under 18 years
- Marks:
- Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2020
11.08.2020
Transfer
IVS Mozyr — In custody
~13.08.2020
Status change
House arrest
30.11.2020
Trial outcome 30.11.2020
1 year of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions (with a deferment 1 year), Mozyr district court
30.11.2020
Status change
With delay