Veranika Kazak
Political prisoner
Date of birth: 15 November 1990
Date of detention: 12 October 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
- 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. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitry Karsiuk
Prison: Penal colony No. 4
Veranika Kazak was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony under Articles 364, 369, 368, 391 of the Criminal Code for allegedly threatening internal affairs officers, insulting a government official, Lukashenka and a judge. The exact term is unknown.
The case was considered by Judge Dzmitry Korsiuk in the Court of the Central District of Minsk on December 26, 2023.
The woman was arrested upon her return from Italy.