Leanid Herasimliuk
sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
Former political prisoner
Date of birth: 9 October 1991
Date of detention: 25 February 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 20 July 2024
Judge: Uladzimir Yaukhuta
Prosecutor: Anzhalika Klishyna
Cases: Protests in Hrodna
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Leanid Herasimliuk was sentenced on August 17, 2021 three and a half years in a penal colony by the Hrodna Regional Court under Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code (calls for actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus) for comments condemning illegal violence by law enforcement officers.
In October and November 2020, Herasimliuk posted several comments in a public Telegram chat that allegedly called for violence and acts of terrorism.
