Vital Tsydzik
Former prisoner
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
Date of release: 16 September 2024
Judge: Valeryi Ramanouski
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
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).
He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.
