Vital Hryhal
sentenced to 19 months of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 21 April 1990
Date of detention: 29 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 19 months
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 31 October 2022
Judge: Valiantsina Ziankevich
Cases: The Zeltser case
Vital Hryhal was taken into custody in Zeltser case.
On September 26, 2022, Judge Valiantsina Ziankevich of the Minsk Municipal Court found him guilty of ‘inciting hatred’ and ‘insulting a government official’ under Articles 130 and 369 of the Criminal Code respectively. She sentenced Hrybal to 19 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
