Siarhei Leaniuk
Date of birth: 25 May 1971
Date of detention: 9 January 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Siarhei Leaniuk was detained for comments on social networks. Siarhei is charged under Art. 130 Part 1 of the Criminal Code (Rehabilitation of Nazism) and Art. 361 Part 3 of the Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist formation).
On September 12, 2023, the KGB put Siarhei Leaniuk on the "list of terrorists".
On September 20, 2023, a hearing on the case of Siarhei Leaniuk took place at Minsk City Court. It is known that Siarhei was sentenced to five years of imprisonment.
