Henadz Vasiliuk

Date of birth: 23 October 1966

Date of detention: 7 December 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Ina Klyshpach

Prosecutor: Yahor Kronda

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 7

Henadz Vasiliuk is a long-time train driver from Brest. First, in September 2023, he was arrested and convicted under administrative article 19.11 (Distribution of extremist materials), after which he was dismissed "by agreement of the parties". And on December 7, 2023, the man was detained in a criminal case for slandering Lukashenka (Article 367 of the Criminal Code).

On February 26, 2024, he was sentenced to imprisonment. A sentence of one year and six months was demanded by the prosecutor.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 7. 224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37

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