Aliaksandr Antashkevich

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 4 January 1966

Date of detention: 11 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Date of release: 24 May 2023

Judge: Yuliya Viarshynina

Prosecutor: Hanna Shumarava

Aliaksandr Antashkevich was convicted of ‘insulting a government official’ under Article 369 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 18 months of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility.

He has started to serve his sentence.

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