Siarhei Korshun

blogger, sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 21 March 1978

Date of detention: 21 July 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots

Sentence: 4 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 16 July 2024

Judge: Siarhei Yepikhau

Groups: Bloggers, Law enforcement officers, Telegram channel administrators

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Godparent: Andrzej Halicki, member of the European Parliament

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

Siarhei Korshun is a blogger working with a Telegram channel called “Armiya S Narodom” (“Army Together With the People”).

He was arrested on July 21, 2020, and in early August charged under Part 1 and 2, Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (preparing for and participating in group actions that gravely breach public order). The charges were said to be linked to the May 29 election picket in Hrodna, which resulted in what is now known as "Tsikhanouski case".

Later, the charges were attributed to the activist's role in running the Telegram channel “Army Together With the People”. 

On May 7, 2021, Judge Siarhei Yepikhau of the Minsk Regional Court found the activist guilty of preparing to take part in mass riots and of preparing riots and sentenced him to four and a half years in a medium-security penal colony.

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