Andrei Mindubayeu

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 15 September 1983

Date of detention: 10 August 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 2 September 2024

Judge: Tatsiana Kastsiuk

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Andrei Mindubayeu has been in custody since August 10, 2023.

On October 12, 2023,  Andrei was sentenced to two years and six months of imprisonment. He was found guilty of insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code and of slandering the president (Article 367 of the Criminal Code). The trial took place at the Leninski District Court of Mahilioŭ. The case was presided over by Judge Tatsiana Kastsiuk.

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