Uladzimir Hemza
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 2 August 1977
Date of detention: 18 January 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 17 July 2022
Date of release: 2 November 2023
Judge: Ihar Sobaleu
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Uladzimir Hemza is from the city of Lida, Hrodna region.
He was arrested in January 2022, spent three months in a detention center in Hrodna, and then tried.
In April 2022, Uladzimir Hemza was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code ('Incitement of enmity or hatred') for his comments in Telegram chatrooms.
On June 17, 2022, the KGB included him in their 'List of persons involved in terrorist activities'.
Uladzimir Hemza was detained in Prison #1 in Hrodna. The actual location is to be clarified.
