Dzmitry Kushalevich

Former prisoner

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 16 September 2024

Judge: Dzmitryi Tsivunchyk

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

On December 13, 2022, Dzmitry Kushalevich was sentenced to imprisonment under three articles of the Criminal Code: Article 366 of the Criminal Code (threat of violence against a public official), Article 367 of the Criminal Code (slandering Lukashenka), Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenka).

On March 9, 2023, after consideration of the appeal, the sentence came into force.

He is serving his sentence in penal colony No. 15.

He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.

 

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