Dzmitryi Rybak

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 November 1977

Date of detention: 25 April 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: unknown

Date of release: 7 February 2024

Judge: Andrei Litvin

Dzmitryi Rybak was charged with ‘insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka and a government official’ and taken into custody under Articles 368 and 369 of the Criminal Code.

He was released in early February 2024. 

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