Dzmitry Siniuta
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 7 December 1993
Date of detention: 11 September 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
- Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 28 November 2023
Date of release: 16 September 2024
Judge: Aliaksei Khlyshchankou, Mikalai Hryntsevich
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
Dzmitry Siniuta was sentenced to imprisonment under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code (promoting extremist activities), Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred), Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenka).
The trial took place in the Homieĺ Regional Court on September 5, 2023. Judge Aliaksei Khlyshchankou considered the case in a closed court session.
On December 8, 2023, he was added to the list of citizens of Belarus, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.
He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.
