Viachaslau Biahanski
Sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment in penal colony
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 9 July 1970
Date of detention: 22 March 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 1 December 2023
Judge: Viktoryia Paliashchuk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Viachaslau Biahanski was detained on March 22 for allegedly disobeying law enforcers. He served 15 days of administrative arrest, after which he was charged under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ('Inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred and enmity').
On September 26, 2022, the Minsk Regional Court began hearing his case. On September 28, 2022, the judge Viktoryia Paliashchuk sentenced Biahanski to two years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
On December 1, 2023, he was released from prison.
