Dzianis Ivanou

sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 May 1986

Date of detention: 8 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 8 August 2021

Date of release: 29 July 2023

Judge: Dzmitryi Karsiuk

Dzianis Ivanou was sentenced by the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk to two years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting the president.

The convict was sent to serve the sentence on August 8, 2021.

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