Viktar Barket

Prisoner

Date of birth: 16 December 1973

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
  • 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

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Ihar Sobaleu

Notes: War in Ukraine

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

Viktar Barket was sentenced to imprisonment by Hrodna Regional Court under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenka), Article 370 of the Criminal Code (desecration of state symbols), Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code (inciting racial, national, religious or other social enmity or discord), Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official). The case was presided over by Judge Ihar Sobaleu on February 12, 2024.

 

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