Andrei Bialiauski
entrepreneur, sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 14 May 1977
Date of detention: 28 April 2022
Charges indicted:
- 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
Prison sentence start date: 9 December 2022
Date of release: 5 January 2024
Judge: Anton Dudal
Groups: Bloggers, Businessmen
Andrei Bialiauski, entrepreneur and TikTok-blogger from Babruisk, was detained on April 28, 2022. It is known that Andrei is under criminal investigation for insulting the president (Article 368 of the Criminal Code). After the detention, the police took over Bialiauski's account on TikTok.
Andrei is kept in pre-trial detention center.
On August 22, 2022, the trial was held behind closed doors at the Babruisk District and City Court. The political prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
On January 5, 2024, he served his sentence and was released.
TikTok-blogger sentenced to 24 months behind bars in a closed-door trial
