Yauhen Katliarou

Prisoner

Date of birth: 17 September 1976

Date of detention: 8 April 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Henadz Kalatsei

Groups: Bloggers

Yauhen Katliarou was charged with discrediting the Republic of Belarus (Article 369-1) and insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code). He was sentenced to one year and six months of imprisonment in a penal colony. The sentence was pronounced by Henadz Kalatsei.

 

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