Aliaksandr Varonin

Prisoner

Date of birth: 18 October 1985

Date of detention: 1 July 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Kramianiouskaya, Aliaksei Tsiatsiukhin

Groups: Journalists

Aliaksandr Varonin

Aliaksandr Varonin was sentenced under Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code to imprisonment in a penal colony on charges of promoting extremist activities. 

On October 10, 2023, the case was considered by Judge Sviatlana Kramianiouskaya.

On December 1, 2023, the appeal against the sentence was considered by Judge Aliaksei Tsiatsiukhin. Aliaksandr Varonin began serving his sentence.

      On December 8, 2023, he was added to the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 

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