{"id":138473,"date":"2025-05-16T18:48:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138473\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"ukrainian-man-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-after-being-denounced-to-police","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138473\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian man sentenced to 18 months in prison after being denounced to police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 16, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> A court in Babrujsk, Mahilo\u016d region, in July 2024 sentenced Yurii Bondarenko, a Ukrainian national, to 18 months in prison after finding him guilty of insulting the head of state, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viasna designated the man as a political prisoner, noting that he was convicted based on denunciation rather than hard evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe evidence of Yurii&#8217;s guilt included the tip-off, a recording of a Babrujsk resident&#8217;s phone call to the police, a video from the Transit store that shows only Yurii Bondarenko&#8217;s presence near the store, and a photo of Bondarenko&#8217;s car from the informer&#8217;s phone. . . There were no audio or video recordings in the case file to prove that the Ukrainian made insulting remarks,&#8221; Viasna stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bondarenko was arrested in May 2024 after someone reported to the police that he allegedly using foul language in reference to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka near the Transit store in Babrujsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prosecutor claimed that the Ukrainian was motivated by \u201csocial intolerance toward officials.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An eyewitness reportedly tipped off the police and provided a photo of the car, in which Bondarenko and his friend had left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defendant pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 16, Pozirk. A court in Babrujsk, Mahilo\u016d region, in July 2024 sentenced Yurii Bondarenko, a Ukrainian national, to 18 months in prison after finding him guilty of insulting the head of state, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. 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