Siarhei Kirykovich
sentenced to 4 1/2 years of imprisonment
Prisoner
Date of birth: 11 March 1987
Date of detention: 12 August 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 4 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitryi Bubenchyk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)
Siarhei Kirykovich, 35, is a railroader.
He was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code for insults and threats against Aliaksandr Lukashenka and comments against the Russian military:
- Part 2 of Article 366 (violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty),
- Part 1 of Article 368 (insult of the President), and
- Part 1 of Article (inciting hatred).
Judge Dzmitry Bubenchyk of the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Kirykovich to 4.5 years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
