Siarhei Saniuta

sentenced to 3 years

Prisoner

Date of birth: 3 February 1984

Date of detention: 18 November 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Mikalai Sianko

Prosecutor: Aliaksei Yaroshyk

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Sergey Sanyuta, a resident of Baranavičy, was sentenced to three years in a general-security penal colony under Part 1 of Article 130 (Incitement of hatred).

He was found guilty of posting a message on the Baranavičy 97% Telegram chat on August 12, 2020, which was considered a call for violence.

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

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