Sergey Leonidovich Gnevko
- 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 18 decisions awarding at least 118 days of administrative arrest and at least 6 years of restriction or imprisonment. On July 4, 2022, she sentenced Alexei Chekel, who was accused of insulting the President of Belarus (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code). She considered the fact that the accused had a dependent minor son as a mitigating circumstance. Vershinina found Chekel’s guilt proven and sentenced him to imprisonment in a general regime colony for a period of one and a half years. On January 10, 2023, she convicted Vitaly Ryzhansky under Part 1 of Art. 367 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. He was initially accused of insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code), insulting Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code) and slandering Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code). It is not known for certain under what article he was ultimately convicted. Sentence: 2 years imprisonment in a colony under general regime conditions.
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