Mikalai Dzmitryyevich Yakimiuk

Number of repressed:

1

Birthday:

20 january 1997

A police sergeant and OMON officer with the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee's Department of Internal Affairs. He is an accomplice to crimes against the rights and freedoms of citizens of the Republic of Belarus and a person involved in politically motivated repression in Belarus. He participated in the arrest of Alexander Spiridonov, an activist with the "Country for Life" initiative. Yakimyuk subsequently testified in court, where he gave false testimony against Alexander. Following the trial, Judge Litvina sentenced the activist to 15 days in jail under Part 2 of Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.