Aleh Slysh
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 5 September 1981
Date of detention: 20 October 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 July 2023
Judge: Yauhen Khatkevich
Aleh Slysh is believed to have been arrested for his comments on the Internet related to the shootout between the KGB officers and the IT worker Andrei Zeltser that occurred on September 28, 2021, in Minsk.
The Minsk City Court convicted him under Article 369 ('Contempt of a public official') and Part 1 of Article 130 ('Incitement of hatred or enmity') of the Criminal Code of Belarus. The trial lasted from November 10 to 21, 2022, behind closed doors.
On February 24, 2023, Aleh Slysh was included in the 'List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities'.
