Siarhei Navumchyk

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 14 February 1987

Date of detention: 9 April 2023

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava

Groups: Government employees

Cases: The Black Book of Belarus case

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

Siarhei Navumchyk was an employee of the Ministry of Education. He is charged with transferring data to the 'Black Book of Belarus'.

Navumchyk was convicted by Minsk City Court under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. The trial was presided over by Judge Sviatlana Charapanava on June 1 and 2, 2023.

      He is on the list of persons involved in terrorist activities.

      On June 30, 2023 he was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

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