Lukashists Sentence Musician Aliaksandr Kukharenka To Two Years Of Staying In Open Type Institution

• 18.11.2022, 12:23

The guitarist of the Awakening Our Memories band was tried under the "people's" article.

On November 16, the Leninski district court of Minsk tried political prisoner Aliaksandr Kukharenka under part 1 of article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate the public order or active participation in them). The case was heard by judge Tatsiana Shotsik, reports .

Aliaksandr was detained on August 2, 2022, for reposting a video in VKontakte with the title of "Raman Bandarenka. General Prosecutor's Office Hides the Perpetrators of Murder". He was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest.

After the days of arrest, a criminal case was opened against Aliaksandr under the "people's" article.

On November 16, the judge of the Leninski district court of Minsk Tatsiana Shotsik found Aliaksandr Kukharenka guilty under part 1 of article 342 (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them) of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to 2 years of restricted freedom with sending to an open type institution.

Aliaksandr Kukharenka is the guitarist of the Awakening Our Memories band, which plays melodic metalcore.