Aliaksandr Douhal

Date of birth: 28 July 1978

Date of detention: 9 August 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: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Maryna Skalkovich

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 7

Aliaksandr Douhal was arrested in April 2023 for "offensive" comments on social networks and sent to Brest pre-trial detention center No. 7. He was charged with insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code) and insulting Lukashenka (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code).

On October 6, 2023, the trial was held in the Court of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest. The trial was conducted by Judge Maryna Skalkovich.

The verdict is still unknown.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 7. 224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37

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