Yauhen Karalchuk
sentenced to 1 year of restricted freedom, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 19 March 1990
Date of detention: 5 July 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 5 July 2021
Date of release: 16 September 2021
Prosecutor: Halina Sniuk
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
Yauhen Karalchuk is a resident of Stolin, convicted on 23 April 2021 for desecration of the national flag (Article 370 of the Criminal Code) to one year of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility.
Yauhen grabbed the flag hanging on the mall and it fell down.
On July 5, 2021, he was sent to serve his sentence in open-type correctional facility No. 46.
On September 16, 2021, the convict was pardoned and released.
