Fedor Stepanovich Leshok

Number of repressed:

37

Birthday:

19 may 1996

Represented the state prosecution at the trial of the fifth group in the "round dance case", during which 10 local residents were tried for dancing in a circle at the intersection of Kosmonavtov Boulevard and Masherov Avenue, for which they were dispersed with a water cannon. One of the state prosecutors in the "Pinsk case". Requested 5 to 6.5 years of imprisonment for 14 Pinsk citizens for "participation in mass riots" and "moral suffering of Pinsk police officers". The Pinsk case is a criminal case in which fourteen Pinsk residents became defendants. The main charge is participation in mass riots, which led to clashes with the police and damage caused to them. A number of human rights activists recognize the defendants in the case as political prisoners. The initial conflict became known as the "Pinsk massacre". On August 9 and 10, 2020, violent clashes between security forces and protesters took place in Pinsk: people blocked the building of the Pinsk District Executive Committee and began to demand an honest vote count in the 2020 presidential elections. According to witnesses of those events, Pinsk residents went to the polling stations to find out the results of the presidential elections, but they were sent to the executive committee. Thus, people gathered under the building of the executive committee. At the suggestion of the authorities, five representatives of the citizens went into the building to "talk", the rest peacefully waited, clapped their hands, laughed, even exchanged words with the police, among whom were many acquaintances. Meanwhile, local authorities pulled in additional law enforcement forces, after which people were surrounded. People tried to break out of this cordon, defending themselves from armed security forces.