Aliaksandr Frantskevich

accountant, sentenced to 4 1/2 years of imprisonment

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

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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