Aleh Silich
Date of birth: 19 August 1972
Date of detention: 17 October 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 9 February 2024
Judge: Dzmitryi Karsiuk
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Aleh Silich was arrested on October 17, 2023, under three Articles of the Criminal Code: Article 364 (Violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer), Article 366 (Violence or threat of violence against an official performing public duties), and Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka).
Aleh is currently being held in a pre-trial detention center.
