Ihar Bykouskikh

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 3 April 1965

Date of detention: 5 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Judge: Marharyta Lantsevich

Prosecutor: Tratsiakova

Ihar Bykouskikh is a resident of Minsk sentenced by the Kastyčnicki District Court of Hrodna under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a representative of the authorities) to one and a half years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.

On May 5, 2021, the convict was sent to serve the sentence in penitentiary No. 46 in Kruhlaje.

On September 16, 2021, the convict was pardoned and released.

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