Aliaksandr Pinchuk
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 16 July 1973
Date of detention: 22 February 2022
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. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a high security prison
Date of release: 1 August 2024
Judge: Natallia Asadchaya, Sviatlana Kuzmichonak
Notes: Prison security level
Aliaksandr Pinchuk is a resident of Kalinkavčy who was sentenced to 2.5 years under three articles of the Criminal Code: Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenka), Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official), Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code (illegal actions regarding private life data).
Aliaksandr was serving his sentence in penal colony No. 8. On November 24, 2022, the court decided to transfer the political prisoner to another penal colony and to change the conditions of his regime. The decision was made by Judge Sviatlana Kuzmichonak.
In December 2022 he was transferred to Hrodna Prison No. 1.