Siarhei Sliazhou
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 18 September 1988
Date of detention: 29 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 26 February 2024
Judge: Ruslan Tsaruk
Cases: The Zeltser case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Audun Lysbakken, Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Siarhei Sliazhou was detained in Žlobin for publishing comments on the Internet in connection with the deaths of IT worker Andrei Zeltser and KGB agent Dzmitry Fedasiuk.
Sliazhou was charged with “insulting the president” (part 1 of Art. 368 of the CC) and “inciting social hatred” (part 1 of Art. 130 of the CС).
On November 24, 2022, Judge Ruslan Tsaruk of the Homieĺ Regional Court found Sliazhou guilty and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
