Aliaksei Kuzmin
manager and musician
Prisoner
Date of birth: 15 June 1980
Date of detention: 26 October 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 7 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Siarhei Khrypach
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Groups: Cultural workers
Notes: Parents of three or more children
Cases: The Black Book of Belarus case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksei Kuzmin is a manager with the telecommunication company. He is also known as a musician. He was arrested on October 26, 2022, for sharing the data of government officials involved in repression to the Black Book of Belarus Telegram channel. Kuzmin was charged with incitement of social hatred under Article 130 of the Criminal Code and placed in pre-trial detention.
The trial began on September 11, 2023 in Minsk City Court. On September 18, 2023, Judge Siarhei Khrypach sentenced Aliaksei to seven years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
