Stanislau Kuzmitski
sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment
Prisoner
Date of birth: 15 December 1986
Date of detention: 23 December 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
- Art. 290-4 of the Criminal Code — Establishing or participating in an organization for the purpose of terrorist activity
Sentence: 15 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 27 March 2023
Judge: Yauhen Khatkevich
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Groups: Businessmen, Telegram channel administrators
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Stanislau Kuzmitski was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment under Articles 293, 290-4, 361, 342 for protest activity as a Telegram channels administrator.