Andrei Tsaliuk

Prisoner

Date of birth: 3 September 1993

Date of detention: 16 August 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. 188 of the Criminal Code — Defamation
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Anzhalika Danilava

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

Andrei Tsaliuk was previously detained under an administrative article for participating in protests. It was reported that he had posted over 2,000 extremist messages, at least 100 of which contained signs of law violations.

He was convicted under several articles of the Criminal Code, including Part 1 of Article 130, Article 188, Part 3 of Article 203-1, Part 2 of Article 367, Part 1 of Article 368, Article 369, and Article 370. The trial took place at the Minsk Regional Court from February 8 to June 26, 2023. It was held in a closed format and presided over by Judge Anzhalika Danilava.

      On September 29, 2023, he was added to the list of individuals involved in extremist activities.

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