Yauhen Merunko

Date of birth: 16 May 1970

Date of detention: 8 December 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: 5 June 2022

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 55

Yauhen Merunko was detained on December 8, 2021, and charged under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the President)..

On March 1, 2022, the Navabielica District Court of Homieĺ sentenced Yauhen to 24 months of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility.

Since June 5, Yauhen has been serving his sentence.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 55. 220021, Minsk, vulica Sacyjalistyčnaja, 7

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