Dzmitryi Shabetnik

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 17 July 1989

Date of detention: 9 June 2022

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Mikalai Hladki

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Notes: War in Ukraine

Dzmitryi Shabetnik was sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment for posting links on the internet to news about Russian military aggression against Ukraine, which contained comments about Russian troops, military, and police officers of an insulting nature. He was found guilty of ‘inciting hatred’ (art. 130 CC).

Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

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