Aliaksei Lipen

sentenced to 5 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 2 September 1982

Date of detention: 3 May 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 5 years

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

Judge: Aleh Kaliada

Aliaksei Lipen was sentenced by the Zavodski District Court of Minsk under Art. 369 (insulting a representative of the authorities) and Art. 364 of the Criminal Code to five years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary institution.

According to the indictment, Aliaksei Lipen repeatedly, using various nicknames, posted insulting comments under the photos of police officers in the Telegram channel "Punishers of Belarus" in the period from October 29 to December 18, 2020. By his actions, he allegedly humiliated the honor and dignity of police officers as representatives of the authorities and as individuals, and also undermined the authority of the government.

The accused also posted comments allegedly threatening six police officers, who were called victims in the case.

Lipen said that he posted the comments after the death of Raman Bandarenka. He apologized to the victims.

В середине декабря 2021 стало известно, что Алексею Липеню удалось убежать с "химии" в Литву.

In the middle of December, 2021, human rights defenders learned that Aliaksei Lipen managed to run away from the open penitentiary he was serving his sentence and ended up in Lithuania.

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