Ina Mozhchanka
sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 29 May 1977
Date of detention: 29 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: 20 April 2024
Judge: Vera Filonik
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka
Groups: Journalists
Cases: The Zeltser case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Ina Mozhchanka was charged with ‘insulting government official’ and ‘inciting hatred’ and taken into custody under Articles 369 and 130 of the Criminal Code for his comments after the murder of KGB officer Mr. Fedasiuk and IT specialist Mr. Zeltser.
She is being held in pre-trial detention center.
On September 5, 2022, the trial began in the Brest Regional Court. A day later Judge Vera Filonik found the political prisoner guilty and sentenced her to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony and a fine of 3,200 Belarusian rubles ($1,300).
