Yaraslau Verdysh
Prisoner
Date of birth: 2 September 1991
Date of detention: 17 September 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 2 February 2024
Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Groups: Government employees, IT specialists
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Yaraslau Verdysh was convicted by the Minsk City Court under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred). On November 1-9, 2023 the case was considered by Judge Sviatlana Charapanava. Verdysh was sentenced to five years of imprisonment.
Yaraslau's appeal was scheduled for consideration by the Supreme Court on February 2, 2024. Chairman of the Judicial Council Aliaksei Rybakou left the sentence unchanged.
On February 23, 2024, he was added to the "list of extremists".
