Siarhei Leaniuk

Prisoner

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

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

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.

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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