Aleh Korzun
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment, released after serving full sentence
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 28 March 1986
Date of detention: 30 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 25 February 2023
Judge: Andrei Bychyla
Cases: The Zeltser case
Aleh Korzun was arrested and remanded in a pre-trial detention for commenting on social media on the deaths of the IT worker Andrei Zeltser and the KGB officer Dzmitry Fedasiuk on September 28, 2021.
On October 7, 2022, Judge Andrei Bychyla of the Pinsk City and District Court found Korzun guilty of ‘insulting a government official’ under Article 369 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. The political prisoner was also fined 3,200 Belarusian rubles ($1,250).
Aleh Korzun served his full sentence. On February 25, 2023, he was released from penal colony #2 in Babrujsk, Mahilioŭ region.
