Kanstantsin Sinkevich

Date of birth: 8 August 1992

Date of detention: 22 April 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 years

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

Date of release: 18 June 2022

Kanstantsin Sinkevich, a resident of Viciebsk, the father of three. He was sentenced to two years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility.

The reason for the criminal prosecution under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (contempt of an official) was a comment in the social media "Vkontakte" left by Kanstantsin under a photo of a policeman.

He is serving his sentence in open-type correctional facility No. 17 in Homieĺ.

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