Dzianis Shustau

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 12 January 1977

Date of detention: 5 July 2022

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

Date of release: 18 September 2023

Judge: Sviatlana Lukyanava

Dzianis Shustau was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a penal colony under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka.

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