Aliaksei Siamionau

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 19 November 1997

Date of detention: 21 March 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 December 2022

Judge: Alena Hrabianchuk

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Filimonau

Aliaksei Siamionau was sentenced by the Čyhunačny District Court of Viciebsk under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a representative of the authorities) to two and a half years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility. The convict was sent to serve the sentence in penitentiary No. 3 in Biaroza.

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