Aliaksandr Trush
sentenced to 18 months in penal colony
Former prisoner
Date of detention: 17 September 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 3 January 2024
Judge: Tatsiana Lauraniuk
Prosecutor: Yahor Kronda
Aliaksandr Trush was accused of “insulting the president of Belarus” under Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code.
On November 24, 2022, in the Moscow District Court of Brest, the judge Tatsiana Lauraniuk sentenced Trush to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. The state prosecution was represented by Yahor Kronda.
