Aliaksandr Safonau

Date of detention: 10 January 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 10 January 2022

Judge: Alena Zhuk

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 36

Aliaksandr Safonau was sentenced to 2.5 years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary for his comments insulting two police officers (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).

He started to serve his sentence.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 36. 220039, Minsk, Korotkevicha str., 14

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