Vadzim Vasilyeu
spotlight operator, actor, sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 31 December 1994
Date of detention: 25 May 2022
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: 12 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 11 March 2023
Judge: Tatsiana Falkouskaya
Prison: Penal colony No. 22
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Vadzim Vasilyeu was sentenced in a closed-door trial to 12 years of imprisonment under Articles 342, 361, 361-1, 130, 293, 290-4 for protest activity as a Telegram channels administrator.
