Eduard Isayeu

sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of detention: 25 June 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 3 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 7 November 2024

Judge: Henadz Mazaila

Notes: Pardon / amnesty

Eduard Isayeu was convicted of ‘slandering’ and ‘insulting the president’ under Articles 367 and 368 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to three and a half years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

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