Ina Mozhchanka

sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 29 May 1977

Date of detention: 29 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 April 2024

Judge: Vera Filonik

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka

Groups: Journalists

Cases: The Zeltser case

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

Ina Mozhchanka was charged with ‘insulting government official’ and ‘inciting hatred’ and taken into custody under Articles 369 and 130 of the Criminal Code for his comments after the murder of KGB officer Mr. Fedasiuk and IT specialist Mr. Zeltser.

She is being held in pre-trial detention center.

On September 5, 2022, the trial began in the Brest Regional Court. A day later Judge Vera Filonik found the political prisoner guilty and sentenced her to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony and a fine of 3,200 Belarusian rubles ($1,300).

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