Aliaksandr Frantskevich

accountant, sentenced to 4 1/2 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of detention: 15 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 365 of the Criminal Code — Interference in the activities of a police officer
  • Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
  • Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge

Sentence: 4 1\2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Ruslan Huryn

Cases: Protests in Hrodna

Aliaksandr Frantskevich is an accountant. He was convicted under Article 364 of the Criminal Code (violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies); Article 365 of the Criminal Code (interference in the activities of a police officer); Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code (violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty); Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus); Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official); Article 389 (death threat to a judge); Article 391 of the Criminal Code (insulting a judge for his comments in Telegram channels) based on his messages in Telegram channels. He was sentenced to 4.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

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