Aliaksandr Azarau

Date of birth: 4 February 1977

Charges indicted:

  • Part 3 of Art. 293 of the Criminal code — Training or other preparation of persons for participation in mass riots, or financing of this activity
  • Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way
  • Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • art. 188 of the Criminal Code — Defamation
  • Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason
  • Art. 309 of the Criminal Code — Intentional disrepair of a vehicle or communication lines
  • Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism

Sentence: 25 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Dzina Kuchuk, Valiantsina Ziankevich

Cases: Diversion in Mačuliščy

Groups: Law enforcement officers

Notes: Trials in absentia, War in Ukraine

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