Robert Kuzniatsou
sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 26 October 1983
Date of detention: 10 August 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Halina Bondal
Prison: Penal colony No. 22
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Robert Kuzniatsou was sentenced in a closed-door trial to five years of imprisonment in a medium-securty penal colony for ‘insulting the President’, ‘calling for a seizure of power and sanctions against Belarus’, ‘inciting hatred’, and ‘desecrating state symbols’ on the internet under Part 1 of Article 368, Part 3 of Article 361, Part 1 of Article 130, and Article 370 of the Criminal Code.
