Dzmitryi Herasimovich

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Date of detention: 20 December 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Karsiuk

Dzmitryi Herasimovich was found guilty under Article 370 of the Criminal Code ('Desecration of the state symbols').

On December 20, 2022, the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk found Herasimovich guilty and sentenced him to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. Besides, he will be forcibly treated for alcoholism there. Judge Dzmitryi Karsiuk announced the verdict.

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