Vital Marukhlenka

served full term, released

Former prisoner

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

Cases: The Zeltser case

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.

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