Hleb Sakhar
Prisoner
Date of birth: 11 August 1982
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- 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
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Valiantsina Ziankevich
Groups: Businessmen
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
In April 2024, Hleb Sakhar was sentenced to imprisonment under five articles of the Criminal Code: Article 130 (incitement to hatred), Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka), Article 369 (insulting a government official), Article 361-1 (creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it), Part 3 of Article 361 (calls for restrictive measures).
He is currently being held at the pre-trial detention center No. 1.
