Aliaksei Hrytskevich
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 17 February 1985
Date of detention: 6 March 2022
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: 20 December 2023
Judge: Alena Misnik
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksei Hrytskevich was sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a penal colony for ‘insulting the President’ and ‘inciting hatred’ with his comments on social networks regarding a ‘social group’ citing Articles 368 and 130 of the Criminal Code.
On July 28, 2022, the KGB put Hrytskevich on the list of terrorists.
