He was convicted for more than three hundred comments, some of which were dated back to 2015.
The trial was interrupted due to the worsening of his spinal condition and loss of the ability to walk.
On November 15, 2022, the appeal was heard.
Political prisoners
Igor Petrovich Khristoforov
- 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 22.08.2022
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions.Appeal 15.11.2022
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
Victoria Vasilevna Poleshchuk
MoreJudges19 september 1989
- Place:
- Minsk Regional Court
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 22.08.2022
- In custody:
- from 09.01.2022 to present time
- Hometown:
- Gorodilovo
- Birthday:
- 26.06.1973
- Mailing address:
- No information
- Health problems:
- Musculoskeletal system
- 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 membershipInsulting the presidentInsulting of a government representativeInsulting a judge or a lay assessor
- Marks:
- Financial transactions are blocked for people on the list, including money transfers to the detention centre in their name via bank or post.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
- 2022
09.01.2022
Transfer
SIZO-1 — In custody
22.08.2022
Trial outcome 22.08.2022
6 years of imprisonment in colony under general regime conditions, Minsk Regional Court
15.11.2022
Appeal 15.11.2022
unknown, Supreme Court
01.12.2022
Status change
In custody