Siarhei Ilin

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 June 1962

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 7 November 2024

Judge: Natallia Panasenka

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Siarhei Ilin was convicted on January 4, 2024, in the Court of Leninski District of Mahilioŭ for insulting Lukashenka under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code. The case was considered by Judge Natallia Panasenka, who sentenced him to an unknown term of imprisonment. 

      On April 5, 2024, he was added to the Ministry of Internal Affairs' 'list of extremists'.

 

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