Sergey Ivanovich Botvich
- 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

Involved in the issuance of politically motivated court decisions, at least 14 decisions, awarding at least 4 years of restriction or imprisonment. Also, the verdicts of the lower courts were left unchanged. On September 9, 2022, he handed down a verdict in the “Zeltzer case” to 37-year-old political prisoner Alexei Senko. Judge Anatoly Zayats found the man guilty under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a representative of government) and Part 1 of Art. 130 of the Criminal Code (Inciting social hostility or discord) and announced the verdict: two years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions for comments on the Internet. On July 5, 2022, the KGB added Alexey to the list of “persons involved in terrorist activities.” He sentenced Yuri Stanevsky, whom the KGB included in the list of persons involved in terrorist activities, to 7 years in prison for leaving a comment on social networks about two Russian paratroopers killed during an exercise in Belarus in November 2022. Like, I was emotional. A fine of 50 basic units was also imposed. According to the case materials, from July 15 to December 27, 2021, under publications in a destructive Telegram chat, Yuri Stanevsky posted messages aimed at inciting national, religious and other social hostility towards the social groups he identified in his messages, including persons of other nationalities and of a different religion. It also contained insults against Lukashenko, other government officials and their relatives, and threats were made against officials performing their official duties, including Lukashenko, and their relatives. The publications contained messages related to the desecration of the national anthem of the Republic of Belarus and the state flag of the Republic of Belarus. Articles Yuri reviewed: Part 1 Art. 368 – insult to the President of the Republic of Belarus; Part 370 – desecration of state symbols; Part 2 Art. 366 – violence or threat against an official performing official duties; Art. 369 – insult to a government official; Part 1 Art. 130 – incitement to other social hostility; Part 1 Art. 366 – violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty.
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