Alina Zabashtanskaya

sentenced to 2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 November 1991

Date of detention: 22 November 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 21 August 2023

Judge: Viktoryia Paliashchuk

Notes: Health issues

Cases: The Zeltser case

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Alina Zabashtanskaya was taken into custody for commenting in social networks the shooting, during which IT professional Andrei Zeltser and KGB officer Dzmitry Fedasiuk were killed. She is facing charges under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement of social hatred).

On May 18, 2022, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Alina to two years in a general-security penal colony.

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