Aliaksandr Sakalouski

sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment

Date of detention: 30 October 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 363 of the Criminal Code β€” Resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Date of release: 6 September 2023

Judge: Siarhei Shatsila

Aliaksandr Sakalouski was convicted under Article 363 of the Criminal Code to 24 months of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony for resisting arrest for wearing headphones with national symbols on them, which the police officer treated as an unauthorized picket.

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