Dzmitryi Makarkou
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 15 May 1987
Date of detention: 28 August 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 28 August 2022
Date of release: 20 May 2024
Judge: Aksana Ratnikava
Dzmitryi Makarkou lives in Mazyr, Homieĺ region. He is 35 years old.
On May 24, 2022, the court found Makarkou guilty of 'contempting a public official' under Article 369 of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced to 18 months of freedom restriction with a referral to an open-type penal facility.
Besides, Makarkou is to pay 100 basic fines, which is 3,200 Belarusian rubles (approx. $1,098), as moral compensation to Andrei Kamar, a precinct of the Babrujsk Police Department.
The case was heard by Judge Aksana Ratnikava, who repeatedly handed down politically motivated verdicts.
