Kiryl Kuzniatsou
sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 1 August 1983
Date of detention: 22 December 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Aleh Kharoshka
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Kiryl Kuzniatsou is from Homieĺ. He is a fan of the local soccer club. He was arrested in December 2022.
Kuzniatsou was convicted by the Homieĺ Regional Court under Part 1 of Article 130 ('Inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred'), Part 1 of Article 342 ('Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them'), and Part 1 of Article 361-4 ('Recruitment, training or other assistance to extremist activity') of the Criminal Code.
On June 2, 2023, Judge Aleh Kharoshka sentenced Kiryl Kuzniatsou to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
