Tsimur Bykhavets

sentenced to 2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 8 February 1979

Date of detention: 3 December 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 3 December 2021

Date of release: 2 December 2023

Judge: Alena Vertashonak

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Biadrytski

Tsimur Bykhavets was sentenced in November 2021 to 24 months of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting a government official on the Internet.

He is serving his sentence since December 3, 2021.

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