Aliaksandr Zakharau
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former political prisoner
Date of birth: 24 June 1981
Date of detention: 12 January 2023
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 June 2024
Judge: Maksim Trusevich
Aliaksandr Zakharau was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in a general-security penal colony for insulting Lukashenka under Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ('Contempt of the President of Belarus'). Judge Maksim Trusevich considered the case in the Pieršamajski District Court of Minsk on March 31 and April 3, 2023.
