Dzmitryi Malashanka

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 30 December 1983

Date of detention: 30 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 10 October 2023

Judge: Yauhen Sharshniou

Prosecutor: Kanstantsin Shapachkin

Cases: The Zeltser case

Dzmitryi Malashanka was convicted of ‘discrediting the Republic of Belarus’ under Article 369-1 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.

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