Siarhei Navumchyk
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 14 February 1987
Date of detention: 9 April 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava
Groups: Government employees
Cases: The Black Book of Belarus case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Siarhei Navumchyk was an employee of the Ministry of Education. He is charged with transferring data to the 'Black Book of Belarus'.
Navumchyk was convicted by Minsk City Court under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. The trial was presided over by Judge Sviatlana Charapanava on June 1 and 2, 2023.
He is on the list of persons involved in terrorist activities.
On June 30, 2023 he was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.
