Aliaksei Reznikau
sentenced to 4.5 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 5 June 1988
Date of detention: 3 January 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Art. 130-1 of the Criminal Code – Rehabilitation of Nazism
Sentence: 4 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Yauhen Burunou
Prison: Penal colony No. 22
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksei Reznikau was convicted of ‘incitement of hatred’ (Part 1 of Article 130), ‘rehabilitation of Nazism’ (Part 1 of Article 130-1), ‘insulting the President’ (Part 1 of Article 368), ‘insulting a government ofiicial’ (Article 369), and ‘desecration of state symbols’ (Article 370) for his posts and shares in the VKontakte social network. The court sentenced Reznikau to 4.5 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
It is known that the man worked abroad, but because of his mother's serious condition, he returned home, where he was detained. Three days after his son's arrest, his mother died.
