Ihar Hryshchankau

sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 18 October 1975

Date of detention: 8 November 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 8 November 2021

Judge: Mikalai Kmita

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 36

Ihar Hryshchankau was sentenced on August 26, 2021 by the Baranavičy District and City Court of Baranovichi to two years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenka in a Telegram chat.

The convict was sent to serve his sentence.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 36. 220039, Minsk, Korotkevicha str., 14

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