Dzianis Varabei

sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment

Date of detention: 31 October 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 370 of the Criminal Code β€” Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 25 October 2023

Judge: Dzmitryi Sasnouski

Dzianis Varabei was convicted of ‘desecrating state symbols’ under Article 370 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment in a penal colony for damaging a state flag.

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