Aliaksandr Hrydziushka
sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in penal colony
Date of birth: 25 April 1965
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Anzhela Kastsiukevich
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksandr Hrydziushka was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under four articles of the Criminal Code:
- Part 1 of Art. 130 ('Inciting social enmity or strife')
- Part 2 of Art. 295 ('Unlawful acts in relation to firearms')
- Part 1 of Art. 368 ('Insulting the president of Belarus')
- Art. 369 ('Insulting a government official')
The decision on the case was made in late December 2022 by the judge of the Minsk City Court Anzhela Kastsiukevich.
