Valeryi Tsapkala

Date of birth: 22 February 1965

Charges indicted:

Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President 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. 188 of the Criminal Code — Defamation
Art. 400 of the Criminal Code — Deliberately false denunciation
Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus
P. 2 of Art. 424 — Abuse of power or authority

Sentence: 17 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Siarhei Yepikhau