Yauhen Kholadau

Prisoner

Date of birth: 8 December 1982

Date of detention: 17 May 2023

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Tatsiana Rakhmanenka

Prison: Penal colony No. 22

On May 17, 2023, Yauhen Kholad was sentenced by Leninsky District Court of Mahileu to imprisonment for insulting Lukashenka (Article 368 of the Criminal Code). On August 17, 2023, the verdict entered into force.

 

On August 25, 2023, Yauhen was included in the list of persons involved in extremist activity.

 

Mail address: Penal colony No. 22. 225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20

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