Siarhei Charnetski

Prisoner

Date of birth: 23 December 1985

Date of detention: 9 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Vasil Aliakhnovich, Ihar Kashko

Siarhei Charnetski was convicted under Article 391 of the Criminal Code for insulting a judge.

Judge Vasil Aliakhnovich sentenced Charnetski to two years of restricted freedom ("domashniaya khimiya"). 

He was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 

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