Ihar Barysau
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 6 October 1977
Date of detention: 15 April 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 16 September 2024
Judge: Dzmitryi Karsiuk
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
Ihar Barysau was convicted under Article 364 (violence or threat of violence against law enforcement officers), Part 2 of Article 366 (violence or threat of violence against a public official), Part 1 of Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka), Article 369 (insulting a government official) of the Criminal Code.
On August 15, 2023, the case was considered by Judge Dzmitryi Karsiuk. It is known that Ihar was sentenced to imprisonment.
On October 27, 2023, he was added to the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.
He was pardoned and released on September 16, 2024.
