Andrei Stsepaniuk

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Date of detention: 14 October 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 17 February 2024

Judge: Maryna Skalkovich

Prosecutor: Melnikau

Andrei Stsepaniuk was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment under Article 368 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of the president of Belarus') for verbal insults to Lukashenka when detained by the police.

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