Yahor Karapuzau

Date of detention: 15 March 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

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

Judge: Mikhail Zubenia

Yahor Karapuzau

Yahor Karapuzau is a resident of Viciebsk sentenced to one year and six months of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility in a criminal case under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (contempt of an official).

The reason was the word "beast," which the man used in a Telegram comment. The court found it to be "public insult to a representative of the authorities in connection with the performance of his duties."

He is serving his sentence in open-type correctional facility No. 21 in Mozyr.

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