
Vitaly Vasilievich Zarodey
- 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 handed down guilty verdicts in politically motivated cases, where he imposed punishment in the form of a fine in a total amount of at least 5,255 rubles and in the form of administrative arrest for at least 24 days. He convicted Denis Kiselyov under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenko) for a photo of his middle finger in front of a TV with Lukashenko’s speech on New Year’s Eve, which he posted in a closed telegram chat. Zdanovich imposed a sentence of 1 year and 6 months of restriction of freedom with a transfer to an open correctional facility. In addition, Denis’s smartphone, from which the same photo was taken and posted, was confiscated. Convicted Vitaliy Zarodey, accused under Articles 391 of the Criminal Code (Insulting judges) and 368 of the Criminal Code (Insulting Lukashenko) and imposed a sentence of 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code and two years of restriction of freedom without referral to the IWOT under Article 391 CC. By partial addition of sentences, political prisoner Vitaliy Zarodey was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.
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