And, as follows from the court's press release , Article 342 was charged to Navtsena for participating in the protests that took place in Pinsk from August 9 to 10, 2020. In addition, he was accused of writing offensive online comments in 2022 about A. Lukashenko, about a certain "official holding a responsible position", and also of writing "inciting hatred" comments about security forces in 2022. "Discrediting Belarus" also happened on the Internet: in November 2022, the man "posted a negative comment that formed a negative image of martial law" in Belarus.
Political prisoners
Vadim Vyacheslavovich Navtsenya
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome 27.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 200 basic values fine.Appeal 03.12.2024
unknown.Once the sentence takes effect, you can only write letters to the prisoner. Under Art. 85 of the Penal Code of Belarus, convicts cannot receive money transfers from anyone other than close relatives. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, support the family directly if this option is available on the prisoner's page.
Involved in repression

Dmitriy Iosifovich Karasinsky
MoreJudges13 april 1982
- Place:
- Brest Regional Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 27.09.2024

Victor Anatolyevich Rupeka
MoreOverseers27 december 1979
- Place:
- SIZO-7
- Type:
- Head of the correctional facility
- In custody:
- from ~27.09.2024 to present time
- Case categories:
- Brest 2020 Protests
- Hometown:
- Brest
- Birthday:
- 20.11.1986
- Mailing address:
- No information
- Articles:
- Deliberate actions oriented at inciting racial, national, religious or other social hostility or discord on the basis of racial, national, religious, linguistic or other social membershipOrganization of group actions grossly disturbing public orderInsulting the presidentInsulting of a government representativeDiscrediting the Republic of Belarus
- Marks:
- Control of a person's financial transactions, restrictions on crossing the Belarusian border, a 5-year ban on military service and public office after the conviction is expunged, etc.
Timeline
- 2024
27.09.2024
Trial outcome 27.09.2024
3 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, 200 basic values fine, Brest Regional Court
~27.09.2024
Transfer
SIZO-7 — In custody
03.12.2024
Appeal 03.12.2024
unknown, Supreme Court
- 2025
~03.01.2025
Status change
In custody
