Edhar Shyrko
sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 2 September 1985
Date of detention: 30 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 6 February 2024
Judge: Siarhei Bieraziuk
Groups: Journalists, Teachers
Cases: The Zeltser case
Edhar Shyrko was convicted of ‘insulting a government official’ and ‘inciting social hatred’ under Article 369 and Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony for expressing his opinion about the Zeltser case.
