Viktar Yaromenka
sentenced to 5 years imprisonment
Date of birth: 22 March 1981
Date of detention: 14 February 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony
Judge: Ruslan Tsaruk
Viktar Yaromenka is from Homieĺ. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment.
On May 10, 2023, the Homieĺ Regional Court, in a closed court session, convicted Viktar Yaromenka of 'inciting other social hatred or enmity' under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code, and of other crimes.
The trial began on April 21, 2023, and was led by Judge Ruslan Tsaruk. The circumstances of the case, apart from the verdict, are still unknown to human rights defenders.
The final sentence is five years of imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony.
