Responsibility for the denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people

The Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus contains an article establishing criminal liability for the denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people.

Thus, Article 130² of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus defines liability for the denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people, contained in a public statement, or in a printed or publicly displayed work, or in mass media, or
in information posted on the global computer network Internet, other telecommunication network, or dedicated telecommunication network.

For the commission of the specified act, criminal liability is provided in the form of arrest, or restriction of liberty for up to five years, or imprisonment for the same term.

In cases where the above-mentioned actions are committed by a person previously convicted of denying the genocide of the Belarusian people, or by an official using their official powers, a more severe punishment is determined for them in the form of imprisonment for a term of three to ten years.

The criminal liability established by the legislator
for the denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people will preserve the truth
about the brutal events of the Great Patriotic War and prevent the rewriting of historical pages.

Senior Assistant Prosecutor

of Verkhnedvinsk District

2nd class lawyer                                                               A.V. Kuzmichyonok