Aleh Chychykaila
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of detention: 31 May 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: 21 September 2023
Judge: Halina Hulevich
On July 22, 2022, the Svietlahorsk District Court pronounced the verdict in the criminal case of the former employee of Chimvalakno plant Aleh Chychykaila, who was accused of ‘insulting the President’ (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code)
The court found Chychykaila guilty and sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
