Artsiom Vaitsiakhovich

in custody

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 26 December 2007

Date of detention: 30 January 2023

Charges indicted:

  • part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code — Extortion committed as a second offence, or by a group of persons, or accompanied by violence

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: suspended imprisonment

Date of release: 4 October 2023

Judge: Lidziya Tselitsa

Notes: Detained juveniles

Artsiom Vaitsiakhovich, a minor, is a brother of the administrator of the Live. Belarus Railway Workers Community Telegram channel. He was taken into custody under Part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code (Extortion). His brother receives demands to stop his activity as a condition for Artsiom's release.

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