Dzianis Siarheyeu
sentenced to 23 months of restricted freedom
Date of birth: 26 May 1994
Date of detention: 19 August 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 13 September 2021
Prison: Open correctional facility No. 36
Dzianis Siarheyeu is a resident of Orša sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom in an open correctional institution (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code.
Siarheyeu was found guilty of insulting a police officer in an online comment. The man was initially sentenced to home confinement, but later a higher court changed the sentence to "khimiya".
The convict was sent to serve his sentence in late September 2021.