Aleh Prakapchuk

Date of birth: 1 June 1980

Date of detention: 15 March 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 January 2024

Judge: Yauhen Brehan

Aleh Prakapchuk was accused of insulting Alexander Lukashenko (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code) and insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).

 On June 22, 2023, Prakapchuk was sentenced to one year in a general-security penal colony and 100 base fines (3,700 rubles). The trial took place at the Court of the Moscow District in Brest, with Yauhen Brehan as a judge.

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