Aliaksei Ivanisau
former military officer, sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 1 July 1968
Date of detention: 29 September 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Art. 290-4 of the Criminal Code — Establishing or participating in an organization for the purpose of terrorist activity
Art. 359 of the Criminal Code — Terrorist act against a state official or public figure
Sentence: 14 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 1 April 2023
Judge: Anastasiya Papko
Prosecutor: Yuliya Laneuskaya
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksei Ivanisau is a former military officer.
Ivanisau was arrested on September 29, 2021, on charges under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism) and Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (group actions grossly violating public order).
In March 2022 instead of the above-mentioned articles, Aliaksei was charged with committing crimes under Part 2 of Art. 290-4 of the Criminal Code (Establishing or participating in an organization for terrorist activity), Part 3 of Art. 130 (Incitement to hatred, committed by a group of persons or resulting in death or other grave consequences), Part 6 of Art. 16 Part. 3 of Art. 361 (Complicity in calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus), Part 1 of Art. 359 (Terrorist act against a state official or public figure), Art. 218 (Intentional destruction or damage to property).
On June 6, 2022, the trial began in Minsk Municipal Court. On September 28, Judge Anastasiya Papko sentenced Ivanisau to 14 years in a medium-security penal colony and ordered a fine of 16,000 Belarusian rubles ($6,300).
