Aleh Viartsinski

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code — Participation or preparing to participate in hostilities on foreign soil by a Republic of Belarus citizen
  • Part 3 of Art. 167 of the Criminal Code — Violent acts of a sexual nature

Sentence: 18 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony

Judge: Maryna Klimchuk, Aliaksandr Rudenka

Cases: Protests in Minsk

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