Artsiom Vaitsiakhovich
in custody
Date of birth: 26 December 2007
Date of detention: 30 January 2023
Charges indicted:
part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code — Extortion committed as a second offence, or by a group of persons, or accompanied by violence
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: suspended imprisonment
Date of release: 4 October 2023
Judge: Lidziya Tselitsa
Artsiom Vaitsiakhovich, a minor, is a brother of the administrator of the Live. Belarus Railway Workers Community Telegram channel. He was taken into custody under Part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code (Extortion). His brother receives demands to stop his activity as a condition for Artsiom's release.
