Aliaksei Bayarovich

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 28 January 1991

Date of detention: 24 July 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 24 July 2021

Date of release: 22 January 2023

Judge: Liudmila Mikhnevich

Prosecutor: Aliaksei Bandarchuk

Aliaksei Bayarovich was sentenced by the Smarhoń District Court to one year and six months of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting the president on the Vkontakte social media.

The convict was sent to serve the sentence on July 24, 2021.

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