Persecuted for political reasonsProbation

Artyom Viktorovich Antich

Artyom was convicted in a criminal case opened for online comments following the deaths of KGB officer Dmitry Fedosyuk and IT specialist Andrei Zeltser in Minsk.

According to the indictment, in September 2021, Artyom posted a comment on his VKontakte page regarding an employee of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus, "considering him negatively, thereby insulting the government official in connection with the performance of his official duties."

Sentences

Trial outcome 28.02.2023
3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 100 basic values fine.

Involved in repression

Alexander Leonidovich Tarasyuk
Alexander Leonidovich Tarasyuk
Judges18 october 2026
Place:
Slutsk District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
28.02.2023
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Artyom Viktorovich Antich
Case categories:
Zeltser's case
Hometown:
Slutsk
Number of children:
4
Articles:
Groups:
Parents of minors

Timeline

  1. 2023
  2. 28.02.2023

    Trial outcome 28.02.2023

    3 years restrictions of freedom without referral to an open-type correctional facility, 100 basic values fine, Slutsk District Court

  3. ~28.02.2023

    Status change

    Probation