Aliaksandr Dziuba

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 25 November 1956

Date of detention: 14 January 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: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Natallia Horbach

Aliaksandr Dziuba was found guilty under Article 368 (Contempt of the President of Belarus) and Article 369 (Contempt of a public official) of the Criminal Code.

On March 14, 2023, in the Lieninsky District Court of Hrodna, Judge Natallia Horbach sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

Besides, he must pay 100 basic fines (3,700 Belarusian rubles), compensation for non-pecuniary damage to six victims (6,000 Belarusian rubles), and 666 rubles of state duty.

On April 7, 2023, Aliaksandr Dziuba was included in the "List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities".

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