Siarhei Fisiuk

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 22 December 1962

Date of detention: 30 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 16 September 2024

Judge: Iryna Lanchava

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Cases: The Zeltser case

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Siarhei Fisiuk was convicted of ’incitement of hatred’ in the Zeltser case and sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Article 130 of the Criminal Code. Judge Iryna Lanchava of the Mahilioŭ District Court considered the case.

He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.

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