Filip Fedarenkau

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 4 February 1990

Date of detention: 19 February 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 8 August 2022

Date of release: 17 April 2024

Judge: Ihar Ihlikau

Filip Fedarenkau was convicted of ‘insulting a government official’ and sentenced to two and a half years of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility under Article 369 of the Criminal Code.

He has been serving his term since August 8, 2022.

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