Now it’s official: Charges brought against Hrodna vlogger Vadimati


Hrodna-based vlogger Vadzim Yermashuk (Vadimati) is involved in two criminal cases.

Vadzim ‘Vadimati’ Yermashuk.
Photo: ermashukvadimati / Instagram

The Belarusian authorities have accused him under Article 368 of the Criminal Code (‘insulting the president’) and Article 370 (‘insulting the state symbols’), the Telegram channel They Have A Right reports.

The man does not admit his guilt. Now the blogger is in Shchuchyn detention centre; he is expected to be transferred to Hrodna soon. On September 24, Yermashuk was taken into custody; it happened a day before the end of his administrative detention, which lasted 40 days.

Vadzim Yermashuk is an Instagram blogger and seller at the Karona market. In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, he attended trials of political prisoners and spoke against police violence.

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On August 16, Vadimati was detained over allegedly calling for taking part in an unofficial sports event at a skate playground in the town of Shchuchyn (Hrodna region). As a sign of protest, Vadzim refused to eat behind bars, where he spent three days awaiting his trial. Charged under Art. 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offences (violating rules of holding mass events), Yermashuk was tried in Shchuchyn district court on August 19; judge Dzmitry Tsivunchyk sentenced him to 25 days in jail.

When Vadzim was serving his first term, one more administrative case was initiated against him on the back of his calling the 115 service. According to the prosecutor’s version, then the man used bad language when speaking about the housing system and the city executive committee. The hearing of the new case began on September 8; it was conducted by video link. Notably, the trial was postponed for two days in a row due to Vadzim’s ill health. As he had fever and hypertension, an ambulance was called to him. As a result, the defendant was placed under arrest for another 15 days.

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