Alina Zabashtanskaya
sentenced to 2 years
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 17 November 1991
Date of detention: 22 November 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 21 August 2023
Judge: Viktoryia Paliashchuk
Notes: Health issues
Cases: The Zeltser case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Alina Zabashtanskaya was taken into custody for commenting in social networks the shooting, during which IT professional Andrei Zeltser and KGB officer Dzmitry Fedasiuk were killed. She is facing charges under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement of social hatred).
On May 18, 2022, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Alina to two years in a general-security penal colony.
