Volha Pavuk

Date of birth: 14 March 1988

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
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
  • Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data
  • Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code — Participation or preparing to participate in hostilities on foreign soil by a Republic of Belarus citizen

Sentence: 8 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Kramianiouskaya

Groups: Activists, Bloggers

Notes: Trials in absentia

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