Vadzim Yermashuk

blogger, sentenced to 3 years in prison

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 29 October 1984

Date of detention: 16 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 27 March 2022

Date of release: 29 June 2024

Judge: Dzmitryi Tsivunchyk

Groups: Bloggers

Vadzim Yermashuk is a blogger based in Hrodna known as Vadimati.

He was detained on August 16, 2021 in Ščučyn. The next day his house was searched and the blogger was sentenced to 25 days in jail under Art. 24.23 of the Administrative Code - for allegedly calling to participate in a protest. He was then sentenced to another 15 days.

On September 17, Yermashuk faced charges of desecrating state symbols and insulting the president (Articles 370, 368 of the Criminal Code). On September 24, he was taken into custody.

On December 14, 2021, the trial of Vadzim began in the Ščučyn District Court. On December 21, the blogger was sentenced to 3 years in prison.

He was released from prison on June 26, 2024.

 

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