Aliaksandr Yarashuk is the Chairperson of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BCDTU), an association of several independent trade unions, he is currently languishing in a Belorussian penal colony following a staged trial on trumped up charges.
In late November, it became known that a new charge was brought against Yarashuk – calls for sanctions against Belarus (Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code). He faced 4 to 12 years in prison.
On December 20th, 2022, the City Court of Minsk began the trial of his case. On December 26th, the verdict was passed: Aliaksandr Yaroshuk was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. This is the very punishment the prosecution asked for.
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