Aliaksandr Shmatau
sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom
Date of birth: 27 February 1971
Date of detention: 27 October 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 27 October 2021
Judge: Natallia Karablina
Aliaksandr Shmatau was sentenced in Viciebsk to two years of restricted freedom in an open penal facility (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for publicly insulting a traffic policeman.
The convict was sent to serve the sentence in late October 2021.
According to human rights defenders, Shmatau was scheduled to be released in the autumn of 2023.
