Siarhei Vaitsiuk
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 24 January 1985
Date of detention: 14 April 2022
Charges indicted:
- Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code — Participation or preparing to participate in hostilities on foreign soil by a Republic of Belarus citizen
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 29 July 2024
Judge: Sviatlana Kramianeuskaya
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Bohush
Notes: War in Ukraine
Siarhei Vaitsiuk
Siarhei Vaitsiuk was convicted of ‘attempted participation in hostilities on foreign soil’ under Part 1 of Article 14 and Part 1 of Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
He is the first person in Belarus, who was convicted for wanting to become a volunteer in Ukraine after February 24, 2022.
