Yahor Karapuzau
Date of detention: 15 March 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Judge: Mikhail Zubenia
Yahor Karapuzau
Yahor Karapuzau is a resident of Viciebsk sentenced to one year and six months of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility in a criminal case under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (contempt of an official).
The reason was the word "beast," which the man used in a Telegram comment. The court found it to be "public insult to a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his duties."
He is serving his sentence in open-type correctional facility No. 21 in Mozyr.
