Aliaksandr Piatrashka
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 29 May 1988
Date of detention: 30 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 15 November 2022
Judge: Vasil Skok
Cases: The Zeltser case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksandr Piatrashka was detained in Hrodna for publishing comments on the Internet in connection with the deaths of IT worker Andrei Zeltser and KGB agent Dzmitry Fedasiuk.
It is known that the man is being tried under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official) and Article 130 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred).
The Judge of Hrodna Regional Court Vasil Skok found Aliaksandr guilty and sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. It is known that Aliaksandr pleaded guilty.
