Barys Kuchynski
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 12 March 1950
Date of detention: 31 March 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 31 March 2023
Judge: Siarhei Manko
Prison: Penal colony No. 2
Barys Kuchynski is from Slonim, Hrodna region. He is 73 years old.
He was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus: Article 369 ('Contempt of a public official') and Note 1 to Part 3 of Article 203 ('Illegal actions regarding privacy information and personal data').
On November 10, 2022, in the Slonim District Court, Judge Siarhei Manko sentenced Barys Kuchynski to 3 years of freedom restriction under home confinement. Besides, Kuchynski is to pay 150 base fines (4,800 Belarusian rubles or approx. $1,633) and compensate for moral suffering to the injured policeman Viktar Lutchenka in the amount of 5,000 Belarusian rubles (approx. $1,701).
It became known that the prosecutor's office filed an appeal against the sentence and the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Barys Kuchynski to a more severe punishment—two years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. The Supreme Court dismissed his appeal and upheld the verdict.
Now Barys Kuchynski is in penal colony #2 in Babrujsk, Mahilioŭ region.
