Valiantsin Panasik
sentenced to 6 years
Prisoner
Date of birth: 2 February 1988
Date of detention: 5 August 2021
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. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 6 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Valeryi Ramanouski
Prosecutor: Valeryi Varantsou
Prison: Penal colony No. 2
Cases: Protests in Hrodna
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Valiantsin Panasik sentenced to six years in prison for publications on social networks containing calls for street protests, active resistance in case of their suppression;
He was arrested on August 5, 2021. Valiantsin was accused of committing three criminal offenses: under Part 1 of Art. 293 (Mass Riots); according to Part 1 of Art. 130 (Incitement to hatred), and under Part 1 of Art. 342 ("Organization and preparation of actions grossly violating public order, or active participation in them).
