Vital Hryhal

sentenced to 19 months of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 21 April 1990

Date of detention: 29 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 19 months

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 31 October 2022

Judge: Valiantsina Ziankevich

Cases: The Zeltser case

Vital Hryhal was taken into custody in Zeltser case.

On September 26, 2022, Judge Valiantsina Ziankevich of the Minsk Municipal Court found him guilty of ‘inciting hatred’ and ‘insulting a government official’ under Articles 130 and 369 of the Criminal Code respectively. She sentenced Hrybal to 19 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

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