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

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

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.

 

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