Vital Tsydzik
Date of birth: 3 December 1984
Date of detention: 15 August 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Valeryi Ramanouski
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Vital Tsydzik was sentenced to imprisonment by the Hrodna Regional Court on October 25, 2023. The exact term of imprisonment remains undisclosed. Judge Valeryi Ramanouski presided over the case.
Tsydzik faced charges under three articles of the Criminal Code: Article 342 (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka), and Article 130 (incitement to hatred).
