Artsiom Lapikau

Prisoner

Date of birth: 28 October 1992

Date of detention: 3 August 2023

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Zhanna Pushkina

Prison: Penal colony No. 11

Artsiom Lapikau was arrested in August 2023.

On September 7, 2023, Artsiom was convicted in the Kastryčnicki District Court of Mahilioŭ under Article 367 of the Criminal Code (slander against Lukashenka). Judge Zhanna Pushkina sentenced Artsiom to three years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 11. 231900, Volkovysk, Rokossovsky str., 118

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