Dzmitry Pantsialeika

filmmaker, sentenced ot 1 year in prison

Date of detention: 28 March 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 370 of the Criminal Code β€” Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 26 November 2022

Judge: Alesia Seradzenka

Dzmitry Pantsialeika is a filmmaker sentenced to 12 months in prison. He was accused under Article 370 of the Criminal Code (desecration of state symbols) for posting an image of a swastika in front of the national flag on VKontakte.

 

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