Aliaksei Mikhniuk

Date of birth: 26 February 1975

Date of detention: 9 November 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Kavalevich

Aliaksei Mikhniuk was accused of insulting Lukashenka (Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code) and a government official (Art. 369 of the Criminal Code).

The case was heard by the judge Dzmitryi Kavalevich.

On November 9, 2022, the Biaroza District Court (Brest region) delivered a guilty verdict, having sentenced Mikhniuk to 18 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.

His present location is to be specified.

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