Vital Skudarnau

sentenced to imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 28 June 1985

Date of detention: 12 December 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 3 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Anatol Sotnikau

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Notes: Foreign citizens

Vital Skudarnau

Vital Skudarnau is from the city of Pietrykaŭ, Homieĺ region. He has the citizenship of Kazakhstan.

On February 11, 2022, the Homieĺ Regional Court convicted him under Article 130 ('Incitement of social enmity'), Article 369 ('Contempt of a public official'), and Article 368 ('Contempt of the President of Belarus') of the Criminal Code.

Vital Skudarnau is serving his sentence in penal colony# 1 in Navapolack, Viciebsk region.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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