Dzianis Barsukou
sentenced to 2 years
Date of birth: 30 December 1981
Date of detention: 19 April 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 19 April 2022
Date of release: 9 April 2024
Judge: Stanislau Ivaniutsenka
Dzianis Barsukou was convicted for insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka in a video posted on his YouTube channel two years ago.
The case was heard during a closed hearing.
He was found guilty under Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the President) and sentenced to two years in a medium-security penal colony.
