Aliaksandr Zhukau

Prisoner

Date of birth: 5 April 1986

Date of detention: 21 September 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Aliaksandr Zhukau is from Homiel.

On September 21, 2022, he was convicted under Part 1 of Art. 130 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ('Inciting enmity or discord') and sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.

The place for him to serve his sentence is to be specified.

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