Uladzislau Karetski
volunteer of Viktar Babaryka's campaign, sentenced to 5 years in prison
Prisoner
Date of birth: 21 August 1996
Date of detention: 14 August 2020
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
- Part 3 of Art. 293 of the Criminal code — Training or other preparation of persons for participation in mass riots, or financing of this activity
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a high security prison
Judge: Sviatlana Bandarenka
Prosecutor: Raman Biziuk
Prison: Prison No. 4
Groups: Cultural workers
Notes: Prison security level
Cases: Volunteers of Babaryka’s campaign
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Chantal Kopf, member of the German Bundestag
Uladzislau Karetski is a volunteer at Viktar Babaryka's election campaign headquarters. He was detained as a defendant in a criminal case on the riots and charged under Part 1 of Article 13 and Part 2 of Article 293 ('Preparation for riots'), and Part 3 of Article 293 ('Other preparation of persons for participation in mass riots') of the Criminal Code.
Karetski worked for Persian Lessons—a 2020 German-Russian-Belarusian war drama nominated for the 2021 Oscar. His name is listed in the credits.
Before the trial, Karetski was in remand prison #1 in Minsk.
On June 10, 2021, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk announced the verdict against the volunteers of Viktar Babaryka's election campaign headquarters. Judge Sviatlana Bandarenka sentenced Karetski to five years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
It is known that Karetski is often placed in a punishment cell in penal colony #1 in Navapolack (Viciebsk region).
On March 6, 2023, the court of Navapolack held a trial to tighten the punishment regime for Karetski. Judge Volha Balika resolved to transfer the political prisoner to a prison regime.
Soon the political prisoner was placed in Prison #4 in Mahilioŭ.
Four political prisoners sentenced to 5 years each for plotting riots that never happened
