Siarhei Matsiukhevich

sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 24 May 1990

Date of detention: 15 August 2022

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: Ruslana Sianko

Prosecutor: Henadz Bury

Groups: Businessmen

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Cases: Protests in Brest

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

Siarhei Matsiukhevich was sentenced to three years of imprisonment for posting commentaries on the Internet about the possibility of resistance to the suppression of protest.

He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.

 

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