Aliaksei Paretski
architect, sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment
Prisoner
Date of birth: 23 July 1982
Date of detention: 5 July 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
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 25 July 2022
Judge: Alena Kartavenka
Groups: Cultural workers
Notes: Health issues
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksei Paretski is an architect. It is known that he has a disability. Paretsky was sentenced in a closed-door trial to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony for ‘inciting hatred’ and ‘slandering against the President’ under Part 1 of Article 130 and Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code.
On June 13, 2022, the KGB put him on the list of terrorists.