Siarhei Adziarykha
sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment
Date of detention: 10 October 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 426 of the Criminal Code: Abuse of power or authority
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Aliaksandr Volk
Siarhei Adziarykha is a former deputy general director for ideological work of state media network BelTA. He was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a penal colony for leaking information to the Nick and Mike Telegram channel.