Dzmitry Shcharbin

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 19 August 1994

Date of detention: 10 November 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 7 May 2024

Date of release: 26 June 2024

Judge: Vadzim Bobyrau

Groups: Employees

Notes: Parents of three or more children

Dzmitry Shcharbin, 29, was brutally detained by riot police in October 2023, allegedly for comments on social networks. According to Dissident.by, Dzmitry has three minor children. 

He was convicted under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code. On February 28, 2024, Judge Vadzim Bobyrau sentenced Dzmitry  to one year in prison.

 

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