Dzianis Krasko

Prisoner

Date of birth: 13 February 1975

Date of detention: 28 July 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Siarhei Bieraziuk

Prosecutor: Maryia Bialt

Dzianis Krasko was charged with inciting social hatred under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code. The trial began on December 14, 2023, presided over by Judge Siarhei Bieraziuk. Denis was arrested on July 28, 2023.

On January 22, 2024, the Brest Regional Court finished considering the case. Dzianis was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in a penal colony.

He is being held in pre-trial detention center No. 7.

 

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