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Canonical ID: NK-giaDg9dwTKPiwYDD9aDMnx · Entity type: Person (reference)
| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person:notes | Judge at the Minsk Municipal Court | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-65314 | ||||
Person:notes | Personal ID: 3160466A077PB2 | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-65314 | ||||
Person:notes | In the position of judge at the Minsk Municipal Court, Siarhei Khrypach has represented the Lukashenka regime in numerous politically-motivated cases, in particular against Marfa Rabkova, Andrei Chapiuk who received exceptionally lengthy sentences of 15 and six years in prison, respectively, and their eight co-defendants who received custodial sentences of between five to 17 years. Marfa Rabkova was imprisoned on politically-motivated charges of “training people to participate in mass riots or financing such activities”, for coordinating the volunteer service at the internationally recognized human rights group Viasna and for organising the monitoring of the election in Aug 2020. She also documented cases of torture and other ill-treatment against detained protesters. Marfa Rabkova was one of the first members of Viasna to be targeted by the authorities with politically-motivated criminal charges after the protests in Aug 2020. Andrei Chapiuk was charged for participation in a criminal organisation and the incitement of hatred among other things, for his engagement in Viasna as a volunteer. Their trial was held behind closed doors by request of prosecutor Raman Biziuk and by approval of judge Siarhei Khrypach due to the alleged existence of “materials of extremist nature” in the case. Siarhei Khrypach is also responsible for the politically-motivated conduct of the trial and verdicts for the co-defendants in the same trial, namely Akihiro Haeuski-Hanada, Alyaksandr Frantaskevich, Alykaksei Galauko, Alyaksandr Kazlyanka, Pavel Shpteny, Mikita Dranets, Andrei Marach and Daniil Chul. Siarhei Khrypach is also responsible for the politically-motivated verdict against Yegor Dudnikov in May 2021. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights, the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and activities that seriously undermine democracy or the rule of law in Belarus. | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-65314 | ||||