Barys Hrynkevich
Prisoner
Date of birth: 24 February 1985
Date of detention: 9 January 2024
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- 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. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Sviatlana Makarevich
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Barys Hrynkevich was convicted by the Minsk City Court under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred), Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official), Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code (creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it), Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), and Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenka). On May 7-16, 2024 the case was considered by Judge Sviatlana Makarevich. She sentenced Barys to imprisonment.
In August 2024 he was put on the "terrorist list" by the KGB.
On August 9, 2024, he was added to the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.
