Aliaksei Chashun

served full term,released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 30 October 1997

Date of detention: 7 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 17 June 2022

Judge: Volha Dubovik

Prosecutor: Yuliya Zhuk

Aliaksei Chashun is a resident of Maladziečna detained on September 7, 2021 as part of a criminal case of "insulting the state flag" (Article 370 of the Criminal Code).

Chashun was accused of setting fire to a flag on a store building.

On November 29, 2021, Chashun was sentenced to one year of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. 

Aliaksei served his full sentence and was released on June 17,2022.

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