Aliaksandr Kasianchuk

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 26 March 1993

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 26 October 2021

Date of release: 20 October 2023

Aliaksandr Kasianchuk was sentenced by the Lida District Court of the Hrodna region to two years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (Insult of the President).

Aliaksandr started serving his sentence in October 26, 2021.

According to human rights defenders, Aliaksandr was released from prison in the autumn of 2023.

 

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