Edvard Vilcheuski

sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 17 September 1994

Date of detention: 19 April 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots
  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • Part 1 of Article 13 and Article 293 of the Criminal Code — Preparation for mass riots

Sentence: 9 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Mikalai Rachynski

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Edvard Vilcheuski was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment in a penal colony for posting comments on the internet calling for resistance to the dispersal of protests, insulting government officials, organizing riots, and preparing for riots.

He was found guilty of ‘inciting hatred’ (p. 1 of art. 130 CC), ‘insulting government official’ (art. 369 CC), ‘organizing mass riots’ (p. 1 of art. 293 CC), ‘preparing for mass riots’ (p. 1 of art. 13 and p. 2 of art. 293 CC), and ‘violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies’ (art. 364 CC).

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