Aliaksei Ilinchyk
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 19 March 1962
Date of detention: 18 August 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
Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 19 June 2023
Judge: Aliaksei Khlyshchankou
Prison: Penal colony No. 14
Aliaksei Ilinchyk is a singer and songwriter from Homieĺ. On August 18, 2022, pro-government Telegram channels reported him to have been arrested "due to his creative activity on the Internet".
Ilinchyk is accused under Part 2 of Article 367 ('Defamation against the president of Belarus'), Part 1 of Article 368 ('Contempt of the president of Belarus'), and Part 1 of Article 130 ('Inciting other social hatred or enmity') of the Criminal Code.
On March 28, 2023, the Homieĺ Regional Court sentenced the bard to two years and six months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. Judge Aliaksei Khlyshchankou tried the case.
