Aliaksandr Mikhailau

sentenced to 2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 16 April 1982

Date of detention: 12 December 2021

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
  • Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 9 November 2023

Judge: Siarhei Budrevich

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Filipenka

Groups: Businessmen

Aliaksandr Mikhailau

Aliaksandr Mikhailau, an entrepreneur from Viciebsk, was sentenced to 2 years in a general-security penal colony. 

Judge Siarhei Budrevich found him guilty under the articles of the Criminal Code of threatening an official performing official duties (Article 366 of the Criminal Code), insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus (Article 368 of the Criminal Code), and insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).

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