Dzmitryi Shabetnik
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 17 July 1989
Date of detention: 9 June 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Mikalai Hladki
Prison: Penal colony No. 3
Dzmitryi Shabetnik was sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment for posting links on the internet to news about Russian military aggression against Ukraine, which contained comments about Russian troops, military, and police officers of an insulting nature. He was found guilty of ‘inciting hatred’ (art. 130 CC).
Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba
