Mikhail Korzun
sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 15 April 1991
Date of detention: 10 January 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 16 September 2024
Judge: Katsiaryna Hruda
Prosecutor: Maryia Bialt
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Mikhail Korzun was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a penal colony for expressing an opinion about current events in comments on the Internet. He was found guilty of ‘inciting hatred’ (p. 1 of art. 130 CC).
He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.
