Artsiom Kasach
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 13 April 1996
Date of detention: 15 April 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 15 April 2021
Date of release: 10 October 2022
Artsiom Kasach is a resident of Viciebsk sentenced to one and a half years of restricted freedom in an open institution under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official).
Kasach was convicted for insulting local government official Siarhei Stasheuski in a comment on the Vkontakte social media. Earlier, Stasheuski reportedly forced members of an election commission to falsify voting protocols.
Kasach was initially sentenced to 1.5 years of “home confinement,” but after a prosecutor’s appeal, the sentence was changed to a term in an open facility.
On April 15, 2021, Artsiom Kasach started serving his sentence in open penitentiary No. 6.
The political prisoner served his term in full and was released on October 10, 2022.
