Ivan Kashko

Date of birth: 10 April 1987

Date of detention: 13 October 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
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: Vital Kulesh

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

Ivan Kashko was sentenced to imprisonment under Art. 130 (Incitement to hatred), Art. 366 (Violence or threat of violence against an official performing official duty or another person performing a public duty), Art. 367 (Slander against Lukashenka), Art. 368 (Insulting Lukashenka), Art. 370 (Desecration of state symbols) of the Criminal Code. 

The verdict was pronounced by Judge Vital Kulesh on December 12, 2022. The trial took place at Hrodna Regional Court.

      On September 20, 2022, Kashko was put by the KGB on the "terrorist list". 

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