Viktoryia Kazakova

Prisoner

Date of detention: 8 February 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • art. 188 of the Criminal Code — Defamation
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Ihar Ihlikau

Prison: Penal colony No. 4

Notes: Parents of three or more children

Viktoryia Kazakova was sentenced to one year in a penal colony under three articles of the Criminal Code: Article 188 (Defamation), Article 367 (Slander against Lukashenka), Article 368 (Insulting Lukashenka). The judge of the Minsk District Court Ihar Ihlikau pronounced the sentence on February 8, 2024.

Before the trial, Viktoryia was released on bail. After the verdict, she was taken into custody. Victoryia has three children. Two of them are minors.

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 4. 246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3

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