Artsiom Antonau
Date of detention: 15 December 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Uladzimir Zholudzeu
Prison: Prison No. 4
Artsiom Antonau was detained under Article 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenka.
He was detained at the end of December 2023. At first he was detained on an administrative case, but after his house was searched and his equipment confiscated, he was charged under the criminal article.
Artsiom is the son of the Belarusian journalist Siarhei Antonau, who was forced to emigrate.