Aliaksandr Tsiupa

Prisoner

Date of birth: 2 August 1972

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: coercive mental treatment

Penalty: compulsory psychiatric treatment

Aliaksandr Tsiupa was convicted in a closed session of the Brest Regional Court on June 11, 2021 under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official). He was sentenced to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital with ordinary observation.

He was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 

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