Ivan Kashko
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 10 April 1987
Date of detention: 13 October 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
- Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 4 September 2024
Judge: Vital Kulesh
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Ivan Kashko was sentenced to imprisonment under Art. 130 (Incitement to hatred), Art. 366 (Violence or threat of violence against an official performing official duty or another person performing a public duty), Art. 367 (Slander against Lukashenka), Art. 368 (Insulting Lukashenka), Art. 370 (Desecration of state symbols) of the Criminal Code.
The verdict was pronounced by Judge Vital Kulesh on December 12, 2022. The trial took place at Hrodna Regional Court.
On September 20, 2022, Kashko was put by the KGB on the "terrorist list".
