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Sergey Sergeevich Kulesh

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Details of the verdict became known from prosecutor Pleskatsevich’s comment to Pinsk state TV (the name of the accused is not named, but he is the only one who was tried in Pinsk in 2024 under the article “unrest”). The prosecutor recounted the position of the accused: on August 9, 2020, he voted at the polling station, returned home and drank a lot (about a bottle of vodka), after which “out of interest he went to look at the protesters near the city executive committee building.” What exactly the man did next at the protests, for what reasons, he did not remember due to alcohol (in his words). But the video captured what the prosecution qualified as follows: “he took an active part [in the riots], namely, with his actions he supported the pogrom and attacked the police with other protesters.”

Sentences

Trial outcome 29.04.2024
4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 12.07.2024
the sentence was upheld.

Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.

Involved in repression

Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich Pleskatsevich
Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich Pleskatsevich
State prosecutors16 october 1991
Place:
court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
29.04.2024
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Evgeniya Victorovna Melnik
Evgeniya Victorovna Melnik
Judges22 december 1987
Place:
court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
29.04.2024
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Nikolay Alexeyevich Senko
Nikolay Alexeyevich Senko
Judges19 december 1972
Place:
Brest Regional Court
Type:
Appeal
Date:
12.07.2024
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Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
Overseers27 december 1979
Place:
SIZO-7
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Who else is held in IK-2

Sergey Sergeevich Kulesh
In custody:
Case categories:
2020 Pinsk protests
Hometown:
Dobroslavka
Birthday:
25.09.1988
Mailing address:
IK №2, 213800, Bobruysk, ul. Sikorskogo, 1
Articles:
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Timeline

  1. 2023
  2. ~10.10.2023

    Transfer

    SIZO-7 — In custody

  3. 2024
  4. 29.04.2024

    Trial outcome 29.04.2024

    4 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, court of the Pinsk region and the city of Pinsk

  5. 12.07.2024

    Appeal 12.07.2024

    the sentence was upheld, Brest Regional Court

  6. ~24.07.2024

    Transfer

    IK-2 — In custody