Aliaksandr Akakiyeu

Political prisoner

Date of birth: 4 July 1978

Date of detention: 9 May 2024

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

Judge: Iryna Pradun

Aliaksandr Akakiyeu was found guilty of "insulting Lukashenka" (Part 2 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code). On October 8, 2024, Judge Iryna Pradun sentenced Aliaksandr to one year and six months of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Details of the trial are not known.

On November 22, 2024, he was added to the "list of extremists" by the Ministry of the Interior.

 

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