Siarhei Hrybovich

sentenced 4 1/2 years of penal colony

Prisoner

Date of birth: 28 July 1969

Date of detention: 13 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code — Participation or preparing to participate in hostilities on foreign soil by a Republic of Belarus citizen

Sentence: 4 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Yauhen Burunou

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Notes: War in Ukraine

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

Siarhei Hrybovich is from Dokšycy, Viciebsk region. He was arrested in early March 2022 under two articles of the Criminal Code: Article 130 ('Inciting racial, national, religious or other social enmity') and Article 361-3 ('Participation on the territory of a foreign state in an armed formation or armed conflict, military operations, recruiting or training individuals for such participation').

In the "repentance video", Hrybovich said that he had filled out a form on Telegram to go to Ukraine and fight against the Russian troops. He was placed in remand prison #2 in Viciebsk.

On November 4, 2022, the trial began in the Viciebsk Regional Court. Hrybovich was charged under Art. 369 ('Insulting a government official'), Part 1 of Art. 130 ('Inciting racial, national, religious or other social enmity'), Part 1 and Part 2 of Art. 367 ('Defamation against the president of Belarus'), Part 1 and Part 2 of Art. 368 ('Insulting the president of Belarus'), and Part 1 of Art. 361-3 ('Creating an extremist formation or participating in it').

Hrybovich was sent for a psychiatric examination.

On January 27, 2023, Judge Yauhen Burunou found Hrybovich guilty and sentenced him to four and a half years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony, and a fine of BYN 7,000 (approx. USD 2,500).

On February 15, 2023, the KGB added the political prisoner to the 'List of persons involved in terrorist activities".

Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

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