Aliaksandr Rumko
sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 1 May 1958
Date of detention: 25 October 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130-1 of the Criminal Code – Rehabilitation of Nazism
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Anatol Sotnikau
Aliaksandr Rumko was charged with slandering Lukashenka (Part 2 of Article 367), rehabilitating Nazism (Part 1 of Article 130-1), and 'inciting other social hatred or enmity' (Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code).
On March 14, 2023, the Homieĺ Regional Court, behind closed doors, sentenced Rumko to three years and six months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. The trial began on March 9, 2023. Judge Anatol Sotnikau tried the case.
The court ruled to confiscate Rumko's cell phone as a means of committing the crime.
