Vital Charnavusau

sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 30 August 1990

Date of detention: 25 July 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group

Sentence: 5 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 16 September 2024

Judge: Vera Halaukova

Cases: Donations, Solidarity with political prisoners

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Vital Charnavusau is 32 years old and lives in the city of Lida (Hrodna region). He was arrested in late July 2022.

On December 8, 2022, the Minsk City Court convicted him under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ('Financing extremist activities') for donations to the BYSOL foundation. Judge Vera Halaukova considered the case and sentenced Charnavusau to five years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony and a fine of 16,000 Belarusian rubles (approx. $5,326).

Since April 2023, he has been serving his sentence in penal colony #1 in Navapolack (Viciebsk region).

On March 31, 2023, Vital Charnavusau was included in the 'List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities'.

He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.

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