Franak Viachorka

Date of birth: 26 March 1988

Charges indicted:

• Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots
• Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
• Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
• Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way
• 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
• Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason
• Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus

Sentence: 20 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Valiantsina Ziankevich

Groups: Politicians

Notes: Trials in absentia