Uladzislau Martsinovich
student of BSMU, sentenced to 4 years in prison
Date of birth: 23 May 2000
Date of detention: 19 November 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Alena Ananich
Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Ramanovich
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Jon Pult, member of the Swiss National Council
Uladzislau Martsinovich is a 4th year student of the Belarusian State Medical University, administrator of the Telegram channel "Belye Khalaty" ("White Coats"). He was detained on November 19, 2020. Uladzislau was charged under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (group actions grossly violating public order).
On November 15, 2021, Uladzislau Martsinovich was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony for “calls for actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus” (Part 3 of Art. 361 of the Criminal Code).