Anton Dzianeika

sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment

Political prisoner

Date of birth: 14 June 1991

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
  • 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. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Karsiuk

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

For his comments on the Internet, Anton Dzianeika was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

He was convicted of:

  • threats to police officers (Article 364 of the Criminal Code)
  • threats to public officers (Article 366)
  • insulting the president of Belarus (Article 368)
  • insulting government officials (Article 369)
Place of detention: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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