Aleh Hrudzinau

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 6 July 1987

Date of detention: 6 May 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 6 May 2021

Date of release: 20 October 2022

Judge: Alena Zhuk

Prosecutor: Volha Balabolava

Aleh Hrudzinau was sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for publicly insulting nine representatives of the authorities on the Vkontakte social media.

The convict was sent to serve the sentence in May 2021.

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