Valeryi Viskirski
sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 15 June 1986
Date of detention: 27 June 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Vital Labotski
Valeryi Viskirski was arrested for 'distributing extremist materials' as an administrative offense. While serving his administrative arrest, he was charged with a criminal case for numerous likes on the Odnoklasniki social network.
On March 14, 2023, the Kastryčnicki District Court of Hrodna sentenced Valeryi Viskirski to five years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under six articles of the Criminal Code:
- Part 2 of Article 367 ('Slander against the President of Belarus')
- Part 1 of Article 342 ('Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them')
- Article 370 ('Desecration of the state symbols')
- Article 369 ('Contempt of a public official')
- Part 2 of Article 366 ('Violence or threat of violence against an official performing official duties or other person performing a public duty')
