Viachaslau Kandyba
former lieutenant colonel of justice in the reserve, sentenced to 7 years
Date of birth: 10 April 1977
Date of detention: 15 July 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Art. 179 of the Criminal Code — Illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life
Sentence: 7 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 14 April 2022
Judge: Alena Ananich
Prison: Penal colony No. 3
Viachaslau Kandyba was arrested for leaking information about representatives of law enforcement agencies to a Telegram channel.
This was qualified as an offense under Part 6 of Art. 16 and Part 3 of Art. 130 (assistance in intentional actions aimed at inciting other social hostility and enmity on the grounds of another social affiliation, committed by a group of persons).
On March 15, 2022, the Minsk city court passed a verdict. Viachaslau Kandyba was found guilty of intentional actions aimed at inciting other social hostility and enmity on the grounds of another social affiliation committed by a group of persons and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. He was also found guilty of illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life, which caused harm to the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of the affected person under Part 1 of Article 179 of the Criminal Code (as amended by Law of the Republic of Belarus of 05.01.2015 № 241-3) and sentenced to 3 months in detention.
As a result, Judge Alena Ananich sentenced him to 7 years of imprisonment in a medium-regime penal colony with deprivation of the special rank of lieutenant colonel of justice in the reserve (in accordance with Article 60 of the Criminal Code).
