Valeryi Yarotski

Prisoner

Date of birth: 18 August 1956

Date of detention: 9 May 2023

Charges indicted:

  • art. 188 of the Criminal Code — Defamation
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: coercive mental treatment

Penalty: compulsory psychiatric treatment

Judge: Viktar Kazachok

Groups: Activists

Valeryi Yarotski was sentenced to compulsory psychiatric treatment. He was charged under Part 2 of Article 367 and Article 188 of the Criminal Code. On July 19, 2023, Judge Viktar Kazachok considered the case.

       On August 11, 2023, Valeryi was listed among Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 

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