Vital Korsak

Prisoner

Date of birth: 27 July 1972

Date of detention: 7 December 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a maximum-security penal colony

Judge: Ina Paulouskaya

Cases: Protests in Baranavičy

Vital Korsak was accused of insulting Lukashenka (Part 1 of Article 368) and 'desecrating the state's symbols' (Article 370).

On December 7, 2022, the Baranavichy District and City Court, presided over by the judge Ina Paulouskaya, considered the criminal case and sentenced Korsak to 24 months of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.

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