Aliaksei Matsiavin
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 30 September 1974
Date of detention: 15 July 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 18 months
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 26 December 2023
Judge: Yuryi Urban
Aliaksei Matsiavin
Aliaksei Matsiavin was charged with ‘insulting Mr. Lukashenka’ on the internet and taken into custody under Article 368 of the Criminal Code.
On August 12, 2022, a verdict was passed in the court of the Pieršamajski district of Viciebsk. Judge Yuryi Urban found the man guilty and sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment in a penal colony for a comment in a Telegram chat, which was considered extremist.
