Dzmitryi Yanushkevich
sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of detention: 5 July 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 16 May 2023
Judge: Natallia Kozel
Prosecutor: Lizaveta Shyshkina
Dzmitryi Yanushkevich was convicted of ‘desecrating state symbols’ and ‘insulting the president’ and sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment in a penal colony under Article 370 and Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code.
