Aliaksei Vialeshka

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 28 December 1991

Date of detention: 25 January 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: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 7 November 2023

Judge: Aliaksandr Siarhei

Aliaksei Vialeshka graduated from the Applied Mathematics Department of Belarusian State University. 

On June 16, a Pieršamajski District Court of Minsk Judge Aliaksandr Siarhei sentenced him to two years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony and ordered a fine of 3,200 rubles (about 950 US dollars) under Article 369 (insulting government official) and Part 1 of Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka).

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