Artsiom Kalashuk

sentenced to 8 months of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 18 April 1995

Date of detention: 5 May 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
  • Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 February 2024

Judge: Natallia Panasenka

Prosecutor: Anastasiya Bindarava

Notes: Health issues

Artsiom Kalashuk was convicted of ‘insulting the President’‘insulting a prosecutor’, and ‘insulting a judge’ under Articles 368, 369, and 391 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to eight months of imprisonment.

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