Anatol Sashunou

Prisoner

Date of birth: 19 February 1966

Date of detention: 10 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • 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

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Viktoryia Paliashchuk

Prison: Penal colony No. 22

Groups: Businessmen

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

On March 10, 2022, Anatol Sashunou was detained for comments in “extremist chats” and was placed in a pre-trial detention center in Zhodzina until the trial.

On September 19, 2022, the trial began in Minsk Regional Court.

Anatol was convicted under three articles of the Criminal Code:

  • Article 130 of the Criminal Code - Incitement to hatred;

  • Article 368 of the Criminal Code - Insulting Lukashenka;

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code - Insulting a government official.

Judge Viktoryia Paliashchuk sentenced Anatol Sashunou to four years in a general-security penal colony.

     On September 20, 2022, his name was included in the list of “Persons involved in terrorist activities.”

     Anatol was included in the list of persons involved in extremist activities.

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 22. 225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20

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