Aliaksandr Zhedzik

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Former political prisoner

Date of birth: 6 June 2000

Date of detention: 5 July 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 February 2024

Judge: Liudmila Rubasheuskaya

Aliaksandr Zhedzik was charged with insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka under part 1 of article 368 of the Criminal Code. Judge Liudmila Rubasheuskaya considered the case. 

On July 5, 2022, Aliaksandr was found guilty of publicly insulting the president and sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

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