Ihar Helakhau

sentenced to 3 years

Prisoner

Date of birth: 1 January 1984

Date of detention: 24 February 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Tatsiana Mikhailava

Igor Gelakhov was convicted of knowingly providing false information about danger (Article 340 of the Criminal Code) and insulting A. Lukashenka (Article 368 of the Criminal Code).

He was sentenced to 3 years in a general-security penal colony.

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