Vital Ivaniukovich
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 12 June 1989
Date of detention: 29 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 16 June 2023
Judge: Viktar Novik
Cases: The Zeltser case
Vital Ivaniukovich was detained in Kamianiec for publishing comments on the Internet in connection with the deaths of IT worker Andrei Zeltser and KGB agent Dzmitry Fedasiuk.
On July 28, 2022, the verdict was passed. The political prisoner was found guilty of ‘insulting a government official’ and ‘inciting hatred’ under Articles 369 and 130 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to two years in a general-security penal colony.
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