Viktar Karnienka
sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 24 December 1974
Date of detention: 7 April 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 20 October 2022
Date of release: 20 August 2024
Judge: Iryna Tsiaplova
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Viktar Karnienka was sentenced in a closed-door hearing to three and a half years of imprisonment in a regular-security penal colony under Part 1 of Article 368 and Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code for insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka and ‘inciting other social hatred’.
Judge Iryna Tsiaplova considered the case.
