Yaraslau Verdysh

Prisoner

Date of birth: 2 September 1991

Date of detention: 17 September 2023

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 2 February 2024

Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Groups: Government employees, IT specialists

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

Yaraslau Verdysh was convicted by the Minsk City Court under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred). On November 1-9, 2023 the case was considered by Judge Sviatlana Charapanava. Verdysh was sentenced to five years of imprisonment.

Yaraslau's appeal was scheduled for consideration by the Supreme Court on February 2, 2024. Chairman of the Judicial Council Aliaksei Rybakou left the sentence unchanged.

      On February 23, 2024, he was added to the "list of extremists".

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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