Siarhei Aliaksandravich Zinich
- 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

He has rendered guilty verdicts in politically motivated cases since 2017, where he imposed penalties in the form of a fine in a total amount of at least 1,080 rubles and in the form of administrative arrest for at least 6 days. Stasevich found Ivan Kuzyur guilty of leaving a comment on the VKontakte social network on September 30, 2021, after viewing information about the circumstances of the death of KGB officer Fedosyuk. According to the indictment, his message “contradicted universal morality, established rules of communication between people, and also contained statements in an indecent form that humiliated the honor and dignity of the victim.” Ivan was sentenced to two years in prison in a general regime colony. He sentenced Sergei Dubik, the father of 3 young children, to 3 years of imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions. He was charged under four criminal articles at once: part 2 of article 367 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, part 2 of article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, article 369 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, article 188 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Sergei was also sentenced to a fine of 2,000 rubles as compensation for moral damage to Kruklinsky, because Sergei left a comment about him on social networks. Sentenced Vladimir Sergeevich Kolas to 1 year and 6 months of restriction of freedom with transfer to an open correctional facility for insulting Lukashenko (Article 368 of the Criminal Code).
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