Aleh Filipau

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 13 October 1999

Date of detention: 20 July 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” 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 October 2022

Judge: Yauhen Brehan

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Batsiushka

Cases: Protests in Brest

Aleh Filipau was sentenced on October 14, 2021 to one year and six months in prison under Part 2 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for painting protest slogans on a residential building in Brest.

Filipau served his sentence in full and was released on October 21, 2022.

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