Pavel Pernikov
sentenced to 2 years
Date of detention: 3 November 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Eugene Bregan
Prosecutor: Elena Tikhanovich
Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 7
Pavel Pernikov is a Wikipedia editor who was sentenced to 24 months in prison for “discrediting Belarus” (Article 369-1 of the Criminal Code).
The criminal case was brought for his editing of an article on Wikipedia about the murder of the journalist Veranika Charkasava and Henadz Shutau, and an article on the website of a German human rights organization about the torture and murder of Belarusians during the protests.
Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 7. 224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37