Aliaksandr Milasheuski
sentenced to 24 months of penal colony; released after serving full sentence
Date of birth: 31 August 1991
Date of detention: 29 September 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 31 January 2023
Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava
Aliaksandr Milasheuski was arrested and remanded in pre-trial detention for commenting on social media on the deaths of Andrei Zeltser and a KGB officer on September 28, 2021.
On November 30, 2022, the City Court of Minsk heard the case. Judge Sviatlana Charapanava found Milasheuski guilty under Art. 369 ('Insulting a government official') and Part 1 of Art. 130 ('Incitement of social enmity') of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to 24 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
Aliaksandr Milasheuski has served his full sentence and was released in late January 2023.
