Vital Marukhlenka
served full term, released
Date of birth: 27 July 1982
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: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 29 September 2022
Judge: Aliaksandr Zinchuk
Vital Marukhlenka was detained for commenting on a video about the death of Andrei Zeltser and a KGB officer. He was charged under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a government official) and under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement to hatred).
Vital was held in pre-trial detention center.
On September 7, 2022, Judge Aliaksandr Zinchuk of the Navabielicki District Court of Homieĺ found Marukhlenka guilty and sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment and imposed a fine of 3,200 Belarusian rubles ($1,270).
On September 29, 2022, the political prisoner was released.
